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Direct linkTurner, Susan; Fain, Terry – RAND Corporation, 2005
Over the past ten years, probation departments across the state of California have undertaken five major initiatives aimed at juvenile offenders and at-risk youths. Although these initiatives were concomitant with reductions in juvenile arrests and other positive outcomes, we cannot definitively attribute such observed statewide trends to these…
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice, State Programs, Program Effectiveness, Delinquency Prevention
John Howard Association, Chicago, IL. – 1983
North Carolina's Community-Based Alternatives (CBA) program serves more than 44,000 youths each year. To obtain local criminal officials' and juvenile justice program practitioners' reactions concerning the operation of the CBA, information was gathered from 107 questionnaires completed by local social service, school, and juvenile court…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency Prevention, Financial Support, Juvenile Courts
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
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…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Community Programs, Delinquency
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
Peer reviewedLand, Kenneth C.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1990
An evaluation of a North Carolina supervision program for juvenile offenders--the Intensive Protective Supervision Project--is presented. The program involves extensive and proactive contact between the court counselor, offender, and offender's family. Statistical and field-based evaluation suggest that the project is successful in preventing…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Delinquency Prevention, Demonstration Programs, Field Studies
Peer reviewedDanek, Thomas A.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1990
The Intensive Protective Supervision Project (IPSP) is a juvenile justice program in North Carolina designed to assist status offenders. Several legislative and programmatic influences antedated the current program. This article provides a brief summary of three major events affecting the evaluation of the IPSP. (TJH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Counseling Effectiveness, Delinquency Prevention, Demonstration Programs
Turner, Susan; Davis, Lois M.; Steinberg, Paul S.; Fain, Terry – 2003
The Comprehensive Youth Services Act (CYSA), which was enacted in 1997 to fund juvenile probation services, had the following three basic goals: (1) keep probation youths from further crime; (2) help probation and at-risk youths develop essential skills to avoid dependence on public assistance; and (3) help achieve overarching federal Temporary…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Compliance (Legal), Crime Prevention
