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1973
This project assumes that a youngster's problems with the law rarely occur in isolation. More often, they are part of a constellation of problems--family conflict, school failure, unemployment, emotional difficulties and, in urban ghettos, inadequate housing and health care. The Neighborhood Youth Resources Center (NYRC) of Philadelphia provides a…
Descriptors: Community Centers, Community Resources, Delinquency, Delivery Systems
Shea, Richard J.; And Others – 1977
The Pendleton Project is an interagency/interdisciplinary program providing outclient, day treatment, and residential services to 6- through 12-year-old children who exhibit serious and persistent behavior problems. The objective of the project is to implement a comprehensive intervention program for the child by means of both direct treatment and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems
Blew, Carol Holliday; Rosenblum, Robert – 1979
This examines an exemplary project of community arbitration, a juvenile justice alternative. Essential elements of this project are described and include: (1) prompt case processing, (2) court-like setting, (3) involvement of victims, (4) assurance of due process, (5) use of community resources, and (6) constructive dispositions. Facets of CAP…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Child Advocacy, Community Programs, Community Resources