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Age curve of youth in the juvenile justice system.

Data Source: Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement. (Graph: Peter Wagner, 2020)

This graph originally appeared in “What percent of the U.S. is incarcerated?” (And other ways to measure mass incarceration).

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