Incarcerating Status Offenders: Attempts to Circumvent the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act.

Costello, Jan C.; Worthington, Nancy L.

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Publication Date: 1981

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Incarcerating Status Offenders: Attempts to Circumvent the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act.

Costello, Jan C.; Worthington, Nancy L.

Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review, v16 n1 p41-81 Sum 1981

Describes numerous tactics that states have undertaken in order to circumvent the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, which prohibits the incarceration of status offenders (children who come within juvenile court jurisdiction for noncriminal behavior). Discusses strategies for combatting these tactics. (GC)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Institutions, Court Role, Federal Legislation, Institutionalized Persons, Juvenile Courts, State Courts

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act 1974

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