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5. Pathways to Juvenile Detention Reform: Reducing Unnecessary Delay - Innovations in Case Processing- Innovations in Case Processing

Henry, D. Alan

Annie E. Casey Foundation

1999

This report describes how the lengths of stay of detained juveniles were reduced by changing case processing procedures. It includes a detailed discussion of specific points in processing a delinquency case where unnecessary delay may occur and examples of how sites in the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative reduced delay in each instance.