EXPERT WITNESSES INCLUDED OFFICIALS FROM STATE JUVENILE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AGENCIES, JUDGES, POLICE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM STATE AND COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES BUREAUS. EXHIBITS INCLUDE ARTICLES ON RISING JUVENILE CRIME RATES FROM THE WASHINGTON POST AND THE BALTIMORE SUN; PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF RECIDIVISM STATISTICS FROM THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE SERVICES; STATISTICAL REPORTS FROM THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT'S DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICES; AND LETTERS TO SENATOR MATHIAS FROM PERSONS INVOLVED IN MARYLAND'S JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. STATEMENTS MADE BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ENTERED INTO THE RECORD ARE APPENDED....EB