Most youths were there for probation violations, not because they were charged with violent crimes. Officials estimate they will need space for another 85 youths by 2005 if the county continues sending youths to detention at the rate it has in the past. Youths who don't participate have a 53 percent chance of returning to the system. Those who take part have a 30 percent chance of coming back. Juvenile Drug Court.
Children get treatment for drug or alcohol problems.
If they stay out of trouble, they avoid coming back to court. Programs such as Victim Inclusion that involve people hurt by juvenile crime. But there's reason to be skeptical that politicians will agree to the juvenile justice overhaul. Children's advocates say prevention programs are the first to be cut in a budget crunch. Juvenile justice facts 85 percent of youths sent to detention centers have been suspended or expelled from school.