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Book Review: Abolishing the Broken U.S. Juvenile Justice System

Loaded on April 9, 2015 by Hannah K. Gold published in Prison Legal News April, 2015, page 52
Filed under: Reviews. Location: United States of America.

by Hannah K. Gold

By the time I was 7 years old I knew drugs were bad. I didn’t need a parent to sit me down on their knee and tell me this because Saturday morning cartoons were frequently interrupted by an advertisement brought to me by Partnership for a Drug-Free ...

 

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