| Sumario: | The writer discusses national trends in juvenile violence and the implications for corrections. During the past decade, the juvenile and young adult population has grown disproportionately more violent, and among those aged between 14 and 17 years, the rate of homicide has more than doubled over the last eight years. By 2005, this youth population will be expected to have grown by 23 percent, and an epidemic of teenage crime is predicted. How states are responding to this phenomenon, the steps involved in the facility planning process, young offenders that require high security confinement, programming philosophy, key operational concepts, key facility concepts, and capital and staffing costs are discussed.
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