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On the recordMarch 24, 1994
So we have to have more support services for them when they get to regular school, and then eventually they are going to have a larger percentage of the juvenile delinquents, and later on the criminals. We are just going to throw away all scientific evidence and march into something on the basis of not much sound evidence.
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Major Owens
New York

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Discussing the need for support services in schools to prevent juvenile delinquency.

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