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Download full textJones, Judith; Cohn, Alvin W. – US Department of Justice, 2005
"Ombudsman" is derived from the Swedish word meaning agent or representative. It has come to denote a trusted commissioner or agent who looks after the interests or legal affairs of a particular group. Through their unique access to information and investigative authority, ombudsmen often bring endemic problems within child serving systems to the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Semantics, Prevention, Ombudsmen
Staats, Elmer B. – 1980
This report discusses the use of funds provided by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act in California, Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Texas. Objectives of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act are discussed and requirements for states to receive formula grants are reviewed. Observations from project…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Budgets, Delinquency Prevention, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Handler, Joel F., Ed.; Zatz, Julie, Ed. – 1982
This report contains the results of a 3-year study sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, whose purpose was to assess what has been happening to youth who commit status offenses (truants, runaways, incorrigibles), in the aftermath of the 1974 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. The book reviews and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Delinquency Prevention, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Rubino, Thomas J.; White-Stevens, Lillian – 1981
Based on a state board of education program to individualize graduation requirements, called the Program Completion Alternative, this guide discusses how and why New Jersey school districts ought to develop a variety of ways for students to meet state and local requirements; outlines the alternative education programs made possible by the new…
Descriptors: Delinquency Prevention, Dropout Prevention, Financial Support, Graduation Requirements
National Inst. for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Dept. of Justice/LEAA), Washington, DC. – 1977
This document expands and updates the information presented in the First Analysis and Evaluation of Federal Juvenile Delinquency Programs. It includes: a description of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; a report on the activities and recommendations…
Descriptors: Agencies, Agency Role, Delinquency, Delinquency Causes
Dunn, Margaret E. – 1990
The Classroom Management and Discipline Program, initiated to assist Texas school districts in improving school discipline and dropout prevention, is a statewide university/school/community partnership. Program goals are to: provide training and technical assistance to help districts maintain and improve discipline; reduce dropout rates, school…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Delinquency Prevention, Demonstration Programs, Discipline
California State Dept. of the Youth Authority, Sacramento. – 1969
This annual report of the California Youth Authority (CYA) Research Program described 28 projects focusing on the causes, treatment, and control of delinquent behavior. Eight of the projects received grant support through federal aid, including: (1) The Community Treatment Project, a comparative assessment of institutional and community treatment…
Descriptors: Action Research, Annual Reports, Correctional Education, Delinquency Causes
