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Download full textSchlesinger, Traci – Future of Children, 2018
In the context of juvenile justice, writes Traci Schlesinger, "diversion" can mean two things. Informal diversion includes police officers' decisions to warn and release, probation officers' decisions not to report violations, prosecutors' decisions not to prosecute, and judges' decisions to dismiss cases. Informal diversion sends youth…
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice, Racial Bias, Ethnicity, Disproportionate Representation
Afterschool Alliance, 2020
In the United States, involvement with the juvenile justice system can have a long-lasting negative impact on one's life. Young people who are placed in detention facilities are removed from their homes, their families, and their communities. Their education, their ties to society, and their lives are disrupted. Involvement with the justice system…
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice, Prevention, Delinquency, After School Programs
Bard, Morton – 1968
Universities have responded to increasingly imperative societal demands by expanding their public service activities, often in the form of social action programs. This development has not extended to the field of psychology, in which the university psychological center could effectively serve to collaborate on university-community efforts. Such a…
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSpergel, Irving A.; Grossman, Susan F. – Social Work, 1997
Reports preliminary evidence on an innovative approach to gang violence which relies on community mobilization, social intervention, suppression, opportunities provision, organizational development, and targeting. Describes program processes and outcomes. The project involved teams of community youth workers, tactical police officers, adult…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Intervention, Juvenile Gangs, Police
Peer reviewedJason, Leonard; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1996
Stores (n=120) in Chicago (Illinois) were targeted for enforcement of prohibitions on selling cigarettes to minors. Enforcement schedules of 2, 4, and 6 months were effective in reducing illegal sales, from 86% to 19%, 87% to 34%, and 87% to 42%, respectively, indicating the effectiveness of regular enforcement of civil penalties for tobacco sales…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Compliance (Legal), Fines (Penalties)
Peer reviewedBlotner, Roberta; Lilly, Levander – Journal of Drug Education, 1986
Evaluates SPECDA (School Program to Educate and Control Drug Abuse) a comprehensive substance abuse prevention program which links drug counselors and police officers in teams to provide drug education. Results indicated significant positive changes in children's knowledge about drugs, attitudes toward drugs, and attitudes toward polic officers…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Counseling Services, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
Osofsky, Joy D., Ed.; Fenichel, Emily, Ed. – Zero to Three, 1994
This journal issue is a contribution to the development of caretaking strategies to help young victims of violence, and is intended to provide support for those who are helping the victims. Four main articles are: (1) "Parenting in Violent Environments" (Joy Osofsky and Beverly Roberson Jackson); (2) "Infants, Toddlers, and…
Descriptors: Caregiver Role, Child Rearing, Child Welfare, Community Programs
