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Type: Textbook
Book Title: Burning Down the House : the End of Juvenile Prison
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: New Press, T.H.E.
Publication Year: 2016
Topic: Civil Rights, Criminal Law / Juvenile Offenders, Penology, Criminology
Item Height: 1 in
Genre: Law, Social Science
Item Weight: 18 Oz
Item Length: 8.9 in
Author: Nell Bernstein
Item Width: 5.8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
