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…

This report on the congressional hearings before the House Subcommittee on Human Resources concerns the Juvenile Justice Amendments of 1980, a bill to reauthorize and extend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974. The text of the proposed amendments is followed by numerous statements, letters, and supplemental materials…

Based upon a review of the literature, the report examines some of the causes of antisocial behavior among youths. Aspects covered include the adult prognosis for antisocial children, childhood predictors of adult delinquency, the etiology of antisocial behavior in both children and adults, the effects of parental discipline and of separation from…

INDIVIDUAL SOCIAL STATUS WITH CLASSMATES AND WITH TEACHERS WAS EVALUATED TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT IT AFFECTS THE RESISTANCE OF THE ADOLESCENT MALE TO THE APPEAL OF ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR. A SAMPLE OF APPROXIMATELY 320 BOYS WERE INTERVIEWED IN DEPTH ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR 6 YEARS CONCERNING THEIR LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES AND FRIENDS FROM THE SEVENTH…

This resource guide, prepared by the Cook County Sheriff's Youth Services Department in Maywood, Illinois, contains information about five evolving styles of youth service delivery strategies, i.e., youth participation, youth advocacy, development of a comprehensive youth policy, youth development policy design, and delinquency prevention through…

The juvenile diversion program, Special Emphasis Memphis-Metro Youth Diversion Project, is described. The following areas of concern are addressed: (1) the juvenile justice system in Memphis prior to diversion; (2) project philosophy and community support-building efforts; and (3) implementation efforts therough the juvenile court, community…

This is a curriculum development project designed to identify, develop, and test objectives and strategies to change educational programs in two public schools--a junior high school in a suburban school district and an inner-city senior high school. The first objective is to discover and test ways of identifying and bringing about changes in…

This study examined the usefulness of certain sociodemographic and psychological measures for explaining and predicting postrelease recidivism among youths treated in the New York State Division for Youth rehabilitation programs during 1971-1972. Changes in hostile behaviors were related most to program structure, but passive and work-related…

An intervention strategy is described which uses stimulants and other medication for a group of high risk, acting out, learning disabled children, and shows that such treatment can prevent delinquency. The nature of learning disabilities and brain dysfunction is discussed. The use of behavior modification and medication is described. The results…

This report on the Chinatown Youth Services and Coordinating Center (CYSCC) presents a short-term evaluation of the delinquency prevention program operating in San Francisco's Chinatown. Research problems bearing on the evaluation were said to be the lack of concensus among all interviewed (every permanent member of the staff of CYSCC) as to the…

This three year experimental project used a multiagency approach to provide intensive counseling services for pupils with behavior problems in grades 7 through 12. The cooperating agencies were the public schools, Juvenile Court, Vocational Rehabilitation Division, and the Department of Public Welfare of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 171 selected students…

This proposal for a program of juvenile delinquency prevention and control was developed in 1963 for the Hough-Addison area of Cleveland, Ohio. A massive effort in this slum neighborhood will involve community changes at the level of the social organizations as well as at the level of direct services to the community. There will be three main…

The report describes and discusses the legal procedures which Massachusetts employs in disposing of the cases of apprehended juvenile offenders, as well as the residential and community programs which normally deal with this group. The legal procedures and treatment programs are viewed as social responses to behavior socially defined as deviant.…

While this booklet on juvenile delinquency does not attempt a full review of the literature, it has been designed to further an understanding and appreciation of the social-psychological problems of deviant behavior. The booklet briefly covers the publicity which juvenile delinquency has been given in recent years, as well as the difficulties…

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…