DELINQUENCY PREVENTION - A DESCRIPTION AND ASSESSMENT OF PROJECTS REPORTED IN THE PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE

• NCJ Number: 35543
• Journal: Crime and Delinquency Volume: 22 Issue: 3 Dated: (JULY 1976) Pages: 297-308
• Author(s): R J LUNDMAN; P T MCFARLANE; F R SCARPITTI
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 12 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS PAPER SEEKS TO SOLVE SOME OF THE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH DESCRIBING AND ASSESSING EFFORTS AT DELINQUENCY PREVENTION.

Abstract

FOLLOWING A SEARCH OF THE PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE, PREVIOUS EFFORTS ARE DESCRIBED AND EVALUATIVE CRITERIA ARE SUGGESTED AND THEN APPLIED. THE CONLCUSION DRAWN IS THAT IT IS UNLIKELY THAT ANY OF THESE PROJECTS SUCCESSFULLY PREVENTED DELINQUENY BEHAVIOR. SEVERAL EXPLANATIONS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS ARE THEN OFFERED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)