How well do youth offending teams (YOT) work? In which areas of their work is their performance excellent and where is improvement needed? This research examined annual performance assessments of services for children and young people undertaken by Ofsted in 57 local authorities from January 2006 to April 2009, together with relevant data relating…

Presents social learning perspectives on delinquency. Reviews programs that have tried to understand, prevent, or change delinquent behavior in the community. (Author/LHW)

REPORTS HAVE BEEN MADE ON HOW 16 AMERICAN COMMUNITIES ARE COMBATING DELINQUENCY WITH THE AID OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY ACT (1961) FUNDS. EACH COMMUNITY WAS SEEKING ANSWERS TO DELINQUENCY THROUGH LOCALLY DESIGNED PROGRAMS BASED UPON A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION INVOLVING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SINCE OCCASIONAL PREVIOUS APPROACHES TO THE PROBLEM HAD…

The Santa Clara County Pre-Delinquent Diversion Program is an attempt to develop and coordinate community based alternatives to the juvenile justice system. The concept of diversion is implemented at the police level by 12 law enforcement jurisdictions, each of which has shaped a distinctive approach to the problem in consonance with the nature of…

The tenth part of a 10-part series, this report was compiled by the Educational Development Center at Wilkes College. The series deals with various aspects of the treatment of delinquents and is intended as a summary of research findings in each of the areas treated. Each report was prepared by a scholar-practitioner and is presented in a way that…

This publication is the report of a study of the nationwide youth services bureau effort undertaken by the youth authority of California at the request of the Youth Development and Delinquency Prevention Administration in 1971. Questionnaires (dealing with types of program, organization, program administration, funding, staff, clients, and primary…

This document contains witnesses' testimonies and prepared statements from a Congressional hearing called to discuss successful programs and approaches to serving youth more effectively in the field of juvenile justice. In his opening statement, Representative Dale Kildee emphasizes that much of the progress made in the field of juvenile justice…

This paper reports progress for the third, and final, quarter of the 1976 grant year for the Crossroads Center, a community and regional facility in Morgan County, Alabama. It briefly summarizes the success of the program, suggests the usefulness of diversionary education for youth; and emphasizes the efforts of the staff to sharpen their skills…

The booklet describes how three American communities (Orange County, California; San Antonio, Texas; and St. Joseph County, Indiana) are using grant assistance from the Youth Development and Delinquency Prevention Administration to implement Youth Services Systems, which are designed to divert youth from encounters with the juvenile justice system…

Describes studies of two rural programs for diverting status offenders from court system to alternative community programs. Examines communities and programs, suggests rural offender characteristics are similar to urban ones. Recommends development of community-based alternatives to child welfare and juvenile justice systems. (TES)

The former HEW (Health, Education, and Welfare) National Strategy for Youth Development Model proposed a community-based program to promote positive youth development and to prevent delinquency through a sequence of youth needs assessments, needs-targeted programs, and program impact evaluation. HEW Community Program Impact Scales data obtained…

A result of efforts to initiate dialogue between representatives of the Community Education Program in the United States Office of Education and the Department of Justice, this conference took place in March of 1978. Professionals from many youth-oriented fields attended. Conference objectives included initiating dialogue among those concerned…

THE COUNCIL WAS AWARDED A 2-YEAR PLANNING GRANT OF NEARLY $150,000 TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR CULTURALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN IN MINNEAPOLIS, TO AID STABILITY, AND TO RETARD DELINQUENCY. A COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM SCHOOLS, SOCIAL AGENCIES, CITY, COUNTY, AND STATE GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESS, LABOR, AND…

Seattle's SafeFutures project focuses on intervention for children involved in, or at risk of becoming involved in, the juvenile-justice system, particularly Cambodian and Vietnamese youth; girls involved with gangs; and violent, chronic juvenile offenders. Project services include classes on social and cultural issues for Asian parents, tutoring…

Youth courts provide communities with an opportunity to impose immediate consequences for first time youthful offenders, while providing a peer operated disposition mechanism that constructively allows young people to take responsibility, be held accountable, and make amends for violating the law. Dispositions hold youth accountable in part…