CALIFORNIA - SELECT COMMITTEE ON JUVENILE VIOLENCE FINAL REPORT, NOVEMBER 1974

• NCJ Number: 19712
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 157 pages
• Corporate Author: California Assembly
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION GATHERED BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE DURING ITS TEN MONTHS OF OPERATION, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON THE MAGNITUDE OF JUVENILE VIOLENCE, THE CAUSES OF VIOLENCE, AND THE REDUCTION OF VIOLENCE.

Abstract

AMONG THE TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS REPORT ARE THE NEED FOR REFORM OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND ACTION IN DELINQUENCY PREVENTION, CHANGES IN JUVENILE LAWS THAT MIGHT POSITIVELY AFFECT THE DELINQUENCY PROBLEM, EMPLOYMENT FOR JUVENILES, PREVENTIVE COUNSELING AND INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS, AND FUNDING OF DELINQUENCY PREVENTION PROGRAMS. STATISTICS ARE PROVIDED WHICH GIVE AN INDICATION OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE JUVENILE CRIME PROBLEM. SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GIVEN WITH SUPPORTING COMMENTS. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PROVIDED IN THE AREAS OF REFORM OF JUVENILE LAW, REVISING THE TREATMENT OF NON-CRIMINAL JUVENILE OFFENDERS, THE RIGHTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE, ESTABLISHMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTERS STATE-WIDE COMMUNITY-BASED DIVERSION PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY DELINQUENCY PROJECTS, ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, A MEDIA TASK FORCE TO REDUCE VIOLENCE, AND SCHOOL EMERGENCY PLANS.