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Peer reviewedMenacker, Julius – West's Education Law Reporter, 1989
In 1985 the Illinois Legislature revised its Juvenile Court Act and sections of the criminal code to get tough on juvenile crime and school-related crime. The Illinois Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the act. Greater legislative and judicial support is a national trend to control school violence. (MLF)
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Delinquency, Elementary Secondary Education, Juvenile Gangs
