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Responses to Angry Youth. Cost and Service Impacts of Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenders in Ten States.
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National Inst. for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Dept. of Justice/LEAA), Washington, DC. – 1977
The final report addresses the cost and service impact of deinstitutionalization of status offenders in 10 states. Considered are the following aspects: state of deinstitutionalization (including change and legislative strategies, and non-resident services); services available to status offenders (including such service needs as additional…
Descriptors: Costs, Delinquency, Financial Policy, Prevention
Colorado Children's Budget 2013
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Buck, Beverly; Baker, Robin – Colorado Children's Campaign, 2013
The "Colorado Children's Budget" presents and analyzes investments and spending trends during the past five state fiscal years on services that benefit children. The "Children's Budget" focuses mainly on state investment and spending, with some analysis of federal investments and spending to provide broader context of state…
Descriptors: Budgets, Expenditures, Trend Analysis, Children
Returning Home: A Look at Aftercare Services Provided to Delinquent Youth.
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Citizens' Committee for Children of New York, NY. – 2000
A study of the aftercare services offered juvenile delinquents after residential placement was conducted in New York State. The emphasis was on the Juvenile Aftercare Services program, which serves the majority of youth being conditionally released into the community. Based on findings from the study involving interviews and site visits, the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Counselors, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Recidivism among Juvenile Offenders over Periods Ranging from One to Twenty Years following Residential Treatment
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McMackin, Robert A.; Tansi, Robert; Lafratta, Joseph – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2004
This paper examines the recidivism data for juvenile offenders discharged from a Massachusetts residential treatment center between 1976 and 1995. The criminal histories, juvenile and adult, of 162 delinquent youth referred through the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services who left the program were reviewed. Recidivism was defined as any…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Delinquency, Cost Effectiveness, Residential Care
Promoting the Successful Transition of Kentucky's State Agency Children.
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Billings, Lesa; Wolford, Bruce – Preventing School Failure, 1996
This article describes the continuum of treatment/education interventions developed to address the needs of Kentucky adjudicated and other at-risk and delinquent youth, ranging from school-based alternative education programs to long-term stays in residential programs. The interagency collaborative approach emphasizes transition planning to less…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Data Collection, Delinquency, Educational Needs
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN CALIFORNIA.
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California Coordinating Council on Programs for Handicapped Children, Sacramento. – 1967
THIS DIRECTORY LISTS THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO HANDICAPPED CHILDREN (AGED 21 OR YOUNGER) IN CALIFORNIA. THE DIRECTORY IS DIVIDED INTO SIX SECTIONS--(1) CRIPPLED CHILDREN'S SERVICES, (2) PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND CHILD WELFARE, (3) SERVICES FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND MENTAL RETARDATION, (4) SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, (5)…
Descriptors: Administration, Adolescents, Children, Delinquency