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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1988
This document presents a hearing on the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, H.R. 1801. Opening statements are given by Representatives Dale E. Kildee and Thomas J. Tauke. The hearing was held in Iowa and all witnesses giving statements are from Iowa. Witnesses include: (1) Alan Allbee, juvenile court referee,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Federal Legislation, Hearings
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1988
This document presents witnesses' testimonies and prepared statements from the first of a series of Congressional hearings on the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. Opening remarks are included from Representatives Dale Kildee, Augustus Hawkins, Thomas Tauke, and Thomas Sawyer. Issues are raised about the jail…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention, Federal Legislation, Hearings
Peer reviewedEdwards, Dan W.; And Others – Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabilitation, 1982
Compared number/types of cases handled by Family Court during June 1, 1975 through December 31, 1976. Random sample was used as primary data source. Only significant difference between juvenile and status offenders was related to family income. Juveniles in the $5,000 or less bracket committed less crimes of theft than those from the $15,000 or…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Crime, Delinquency, Family Characteristics
Peer reviewedCostello, Jan C.; Worthington, Nancy L. – Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review, 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
Digital Systems Research Inc., Arlington, VA. – 1991
This report fulfills the annual reporting requirements of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act of 1974 as amended, and describes the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's (OJJDP) efforts to carry out the broad mandates of the JJDP Act during fiscal year 1991. The report begins with an explanation of the…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Juvenile Courts, Juvenile Gangs, Juvenile Justice
Chesney-Lind, Meda – 1985
The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 provided financial incentives to states to divert and deinstitutionalize status offenders. Recently, criticisms are surfacing that the federal involvement in the status offender issue was inappropriate and had given children the freedom to run away. Concern about victimization of girls…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Institutions, Delinquency, Females
National Advisory Committee for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Washington, DC. – 1984
This report, an examination of the administration of the federal Juvenile Justice Act from 1974 to the present, outlines the findings and recommendations of the National Advisory Committee for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Following a statement of the proposed new direction in delinquency prevention, which focuses on the serious,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Crime, Crime Prevention, Delinquency
