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2017 California Code
Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 2.5 - YOUTHS
CHAPTER 1 - The Youth Authority
ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions
Section 1700.
Universal Citation: CA Welf & Inst Code § 1700 (2017)
1700.
The purpose of this chapter is to protect society from the consequences of criminal activity and to that purpose community restoration, victim restoration, and offender training and treatment shall be substituted for retributive punishment and shall be directed toward the correction and rehabilitation of young persons who have committed public offenses.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 333, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
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