NCJ Number
101869
Date Published
1985
Length
43 pages
Annotation
In presenting data pertaining to changes due to Ohio's HB440, which prohibits the institutionalization of status offenders and juvenile misdemeanants, this bulletin contains information and statistics on juveniles in institutions and on aftercare in Ohio during 1982-84.
Abstract
HB440 is intended to limit juvenile institutionalizations to juvenile felons and to lengthen minimum sentences related to crime seriousness. Institutionalization data and analyses address whether the number and nature of commitments to juvenile institutions has changed, the extent to which early institutions has changed, the extent to which early releases are being granted, the comparison of actual institutional stays with legal minimum sentences, and whether the factors which impact the size of institutional populations interacted to reduce or intensify overcrowding. Information on juvenile aftercare in Ohio focuses on the size of the juvenile aftercare population, characteristics of those on aftercare, the amount of time spent on aftercare, the reinstitutionalization of those on aftercare due to revocations and recommitments, and types of discharges from aftercare. Data show how trends have changed over time, and the discussion identifies issues emerging from the descriptive information. 17 charts and 9 tables.