Your Textbook Names Four Recent Trends in Juvenile Incarceration

question 16

Multiple Choice

Your textbook names four recent trends in juvenile incarceration.Three are listed below.Which of the following is NOT one of these trends?

• A) The increasing number of indigent juveniles being incarcerated at the request of schools or the local community
• B) The increasing number of juveniles being incarcerated in local adult jails and state prisons
• C) The use of both public and private facilities
• D) The disproportionately large percentage of males and racial or ethnic minorities that are incarcerated

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