Abstract
Approximately eight years ago, following a series of violent and sensational youth crimes, a state agency was given the responsibility to launch an innovative program for troubled adolescents. The manner in which the administra tion viewed its new mandate, the youth-care concepts upon which the programs were based, and the practical, daily opera tional problems experienced in implementing techniques and approaches which departed from tradition are discussed in this article.
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