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There is a tendency to dehumanize kids that commit crimes. The system is focused on punishment, not on rehabilitation. These kids are the most misunderstood and most cruelly treated.

Andrew Solomon

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Andrew Solomon
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: October 30
Author
Clinical Psychologist
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Manhattan borough
New York City
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Rehabilitation
Crime
Misunderstood
System
Crimes
Kids
Tendency
Tendencies
Punishment
Commit
Dehumanize
Treated
Cruelly

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