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Part One: The Cash for Kids Scandal

Behind the Bastards

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The Impact of d'Lulio's Work on Crime

D'Lulio's mentor was a political scientist named James Q. Wilson, who argued that criminality was caused by specific genetic factors. His work had a huge influence on how juvenile crime was perceived and it led to a massive change nationwide in how often children were tried and sentenced as adults. The new legism is popping up nearly 300 times under the headline "The New Legitimacy of Criminal Justice"

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