Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
First Page
1193
Journal Title Abbreviation
Mo. L. Rev.
Abstract
For years Missouri has been touted as a model for juvenile justice. Stakeholders and commentators continually declare that the Show-Me State – with its “Missouri Model” – employs the most modern and innovative ap-proaches when it comes to treatment of court-involved youth. This account is reflected in press coverage, television news shows, and agency white papers. But this is only part of the picture; there is much more happening in Missouri when it comes to juveniles. However, this “other” part of the story seldom has been openly discussed – until now.1. This Article seeks to contrast the rosy picture painted on the national level – one that suggests a model system of juvenile justice from top to bot-tom – with the more troubling day-to-day problems facing youth in Mis-souri’s communities, courts, and institutions of confinement. This examina-tion is rooted in my own recent experiences. Like others who attended the symposium, I am an academic who teaches about the theories underlying Supreme Court decisions like Miller.
Recommended Citation
Mae C. Quinn,
The Other Missouri Model: Systemic Juvenile Injustice in the Show-Me State,
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(Mo. L. Rev.
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