This publication outlines the activities of the Office of Juvenile Justice since its creation. It also reports on the entire Federal effort in delinquency prevention and juvenile justice. An introductory section describes the history and purpose of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-415). Other sections…

Training for the first three groups of volunteer court counselors of the Portsmouth (Va.) Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court during 1973 was accomplished in a series of four short meetings conducted by various professionals. In December 1973, the author received a Title I grant to conduct an intensive training workshop for volunteer counselors…

The problems which youth face in the transition from school to work are complex and challenging. Such problems have been conceptualized into a model which relates specific problems to dimensions of self and environment in three developmental stages: (1) pretransitional--the life period before an individual is activated to seeking his first…

"National militarism" is fearfully costly, terribly wasteful and horribly dangerous. The revolt of youth is a major concern of adults today. Yet guidance people as well as other adult leaders seem to be largely unaware of the difficult position in which we have placed our youth. Institutions extoll the value of freedom and concern for people and…

This booklet is concerned with providing information on drug abuse. A brief history of drug traffic and today's problem begin the pamphlet. The second part discusses the identification of drugs including opium, heroin, and marihuana. The next section is concerned with non-narcotic drug abuse, including Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) mascaline,…

Abuses directed towards American Indians have resulted in positive, negative, and undetermined identities. This study focused on some of the problems faced by adolescent Native American Indians, as seen in a 100-year-old Indian Boarding School in western Oklahoma. It was contended, after working with some 400 students in the western plains area,…

The broader question regarding the issue of runaways as a social problem requires incidence figures to estimate the extent of this problem. This paper examines how differing definitions used to describe running away can produce varying estimates of incidence. Due to these variations, levels of incidence range from a low of .0011% to a high of…

Notes that the higher level of filial discord found among French-speaking Quebec families in 1965 is a direct response to changes in the church and in the educational system. (AM)

This article reviews the alienated individual's view of work, explores vocational development theory, and suggests that, to aid the alienated, vocational guidance begin with the question of values. (Author)

Suggests that while graffitti may be the most unlikely place to find answers to minority youths' problems, it may indeed be the most likely place to find the problem. (Author/AM)

Factors contributing to high crime rates and low school attendance rates among Chinese youth include language problems, lack of youth programs, crowded living conditions, peer group struggles, lack of role models, and difficulties in communicating with parents. Project Reach attempts to deal with some of these problems. (EB)

Although numbers might not tell the full story, they reveal important patterns of disadvantage among youths, and suggest the magnitude of youth unemployment. One way of dealing with the youth unemployment problem is to direct public policies and public expenditures toward areas in which the problem is most severe. (Author/EB)

How do children of Asian origin, who were born and educated in Britain, cope with the conflicting pressures of family, school and, more recently, unemployment? The author goes behind the scenes of an inner-city youth club in Manchester. (Editor)

Presents a semifictional novella about juvenile delinquency in the Soviet Union, using the vehicle of the biography of a young man serving a sentence in a Soviet labor colony. The author examines the youth's unhappy family life and hostile school environment, and challenges current Soviet opinions on child behavior and education. (Author/AV)

This study focuses on 31 juveniles charged with homicide or attempted homicide over an 18-month period in Alameda County, California, and the circumstances of their offenses. (Author)