house troubled youths as close to home as possible in order to involve parents and community groups in the therapeutic process
Everyone on Fornits probably instinctively calls bullshit on anything with the word "therapy" in it, but generally the community-involvement bit generally prevents the sick shit from taking root and precludes additions to the Pile. And unless MO's judges came from Wilkes-Barre, these are actual juvenile criminals.
I agree w/ you a 100% they are,
juvenile as in (showing incomplete developement) 1997 Webster Dictionary...
criminals as in (relating to crime or it's punishment) same.....
Missouri is trying to address both in a more educational and theraputic way....
in one of the ways, including the parents and or guardian.....
in another schooling designed for the specific juvenile.....
............Danny............. :shamrock: