The course will address risk factors (social, emotional, academic, economic, gender, age family formation) that increase a youth's likelihood to enter the juvenile justice system and child welfare systems; why youth cross over between those systems; and what practices are being implemented to prevent or contribute to youth crossover between systems.
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