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Shay Bilchik and the National Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Coalition Object to the Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act
For more information, contact
Joyce Johnson
Phone: 804/492-4519
Cell: 703/980-7641
E-mail: jjohnson@cwla.org
 March 5, 2005, Washington, DC -- Shay Bilchik, President and CEO of the Child Welfare League of America,
joined Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA) at a Capitol Hill press conference
in Washington on April 5, 2005, to raise strong objections to the Gang
Deterrence and Community Protection Act (H.R. 1279). Key provisions of the
bill would result in more young people being transferred to adult courts and,
if convicted, receiving mandatory minimum sentences of at least 10 years.
Research shows these types of approaches do not reduce crime. Missing from
the bill are prevention activities and interventions that data indicate have
better outcomes for youth and are more successful in reducing crime and
violence.
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