"Instead of spending the time and the money and the manpower on the front end, when children first transgress - and when they can be helped and guided and set straight - we are waiting and waiting and doing nothing, until it is too late, and they commit crimes so serious that all society wants to do is punish instead of rehabilitate."

Source : Edward Humes (2015). “No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court”, p.106, Simon and Schuster

Edward Humes

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