Juvenile Justice in California: Facts & Issues
Prepared by the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund, Juvenile Justice Study Committee. September 1996.


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Juvenile Justice in California: Facts & Issues.

Prepared by the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund, Juvenile Justice Study Committee. September 1996.