Alternatives to the Juvenile Court Process (From From Children to Citizens, V 2 - The Role of the Juvenile Court, P 219-226, 1987, Francis X Hartmann, ed. - See NCJ-106014)

• NCJ Number: 106024
• Author(s): L E Ohlin
• Date Published: 1987
• Length: 8 pages
• Sale Source: Springer-Verlag
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

Youth service bureaus and community boards provide a mechanism for filling the gap between the institutional failures in the socialization of youth and intervention by the juvenile court.

Abstract

Youth service bureaus could provide an assessment and referral resource, identify and fill service gaps, monitor programs, and mobilize community resources. In addition, they could monitor the effectiveness of socialization and control processes for youth, identify systemic defects in institutional organization and operation, and participate in reform processes. A second intermediary institution, the community board, could provide a forum for dispute resolution and provide a less formal and stigmatizing alternative to juvenile court. It also could acrue evidence of institutional failures and aid in reform. Collaboration between these two institutions and the courts could serve to alert civic and other organizations of the need for change. They, in turn, could mobilize a constituency to influence political processes for reform. 7 references.