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Set Up To Fail: Youth Probation Conditions As A Driver Of Incarceration, Jyoti Nanda
Set Up To Fail: Youth Probation Conditions As A Driver Of Incarceration, Jyoti Nanda
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Youth probation is the most common form of punishment for youth in the United States criminal legal system, with nearly a quarter of a million youth currently under supervision. Yet the role youth probation conditions play in the incarceration of youth has not been the focus of legal scholarship. Youth probation is a court-imposed intervention where young people remain at home under the supervision of a youth probation officer and are required to adhere to probation conditions, rules, and court-ordered conditions. The orders rely on standardized terms on youth probation condition forms. This is the first scholarly Article to excavate …