CRISIS INTERVENTION COUNSELING AND POLICE DIVERSION FROM THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM - A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

• NCJ Number: 14497
• Journal: Juvenile Justice Volume: 25 Issue: 1 Dated: (MAY 1974) Pages: 44-53
• Author(s): J STRATTON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 10 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF POLICE DIVERSION OF JUVENILES AND CRISIS INTERVENTION COUNSELING IS TRACED, SHOWING THESE TECHNIQUES TO BE GENERALLY AS EFFECTIVE AS TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES, ALTHOUGH MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE.

Abstract

STUDIES CONCERNING THE CRISIS THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT, THE EMERGENCE OF CRISIS INTERVENTION PRACTICES IN COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY AND MENTAL HEALTH, FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN CRISIS THEORY, AND METHODS OF WORKING WITH THE CLIENT IN CRISIS ARE REVIEWED. RESEARCH DONE ON POLICE DIVERSION INCLUDES DETERMINATION OF THE FACTORS WHICH AFFECT POLICE DECISIONS TO DIVERT, STATISTICAL STUDIES OF DIVERSION RATES, AND INVESTIGATION OF FACTORS WHICH DETERMINE WHY A CHILD IS DIVERTED. SOME IMPORTANT EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ARE DISCUSSED. TOPICS INVESTIGATED IN THESE STUDIES WERE THE SUCCESS OF POLICE USING CRISIS INTERVENTION TECHNIQUES IN FAMILY DISPUTES, THE DIVERSION OF PERSONS FROM MENTAL HOSPITALS THROUGH FAMILY CRISIS TREATMENT, AND POLICE DIVERSION OF JUVENILES INTO FAMILY CRISIS COUNSELING PROGRAMS.