What are the trends for the future in juvenile justice?
What will be an ideal response?
The answer should include the following points:
- expansion of restorative justice
- increased use of technology
- greater use of evidence-based practice principles and approaches
- legislatures are likely to become more rather than less involved in juvenile court law
- the issue of gun control will be revisited
- likely that the juvenile justice system will continue in its present form
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