DOLLARS VERSUS DELINQUENCY - A JUVENILE JUSTICE POLICY EVALUATION

• NCJ Number: 41483
• Journal: CRIME PREVENTION REVIEW Volume: 4 Issue: 2 Dated: (JANUARY 1977) Pages: 34-38
• Author(s): D M CHRISTENSEN
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: California Attorney General's Building
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE RAISES SOME OF THE ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS IN WEIGHING THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CAN GO IN DEALING WITH JUVENILE CRIME.

Abstract

THE DIVERSE NATURE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE PROBLEMS SEEMS TO DEFY SOLUTION, THIS ARTICLE POINTS OUT. OFTEN, THE SIMPLE ALLOCATION OF MORE MONEY FOR THE ERADICATION OF JUVENILE CRIME DOES NOT APPEAR TO HELP SIGNIFICANTLY. PROBATION SUBSIDIES, MOREOVER, ARE OFTEN OPPOSED BY POLICE AGENCIES. A MAJOR STEP TOWARDS THE SOLUTION OF THIS PROBLEM IS MAINTAINING A FLEXIBLE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT OPERATION....BDS