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From the editor

By Daniel Macallair, MPA

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Justice Policy Journal Volume 1, Number 2: Spring 2003

By Edward Pabon, Ph.D., George S. Yacoubian, Jr., Ph.D., Randall G. Shelden, Michelle Hussong, Sue Mahan, and Christopher Cooper

This volume of the Justice Policy Journal features five informational articles. They deal with balancing justice and racism in the juvenile justice field; findings from the national household survey on drug abuse; juvenile crime, adult adjudication, and the death penalty; pregnant girls and moms in detention, and lastly unlawful motives and race-based arrests for minor offenses.