FLORIDA - DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICES - STUDY OF FACTORS RELATED TO AVERAGE LENGTHS OF STAY IN TRAINING SCHOOL

• NCJ Number: 39509
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 15 pages
• Corporate Author: Florida Division of Youth Services
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AN ANALYSIS OF A SAMPLE OF CHILDREN (MALE AND FEMALE) FURLOUGHED FROM TRAINING SCHOOLS DURING THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST, 1973 TO FEBRUARY, 1974.

Abstract

MAJOR EMPHASIS OF THE STUDY WAS PLACED ON CONSIDERATION OF AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY AS A FUNCTION OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT VARIABLES: SEX, RACE, URBAN/NON-URBAN COUNTY, PROBATION PRIOR TO COMMITMENT, OFFENSE TYPES, AND COMMITMENT TYPES. THE CONSIDERATION OF AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY AS A MAJOR VARIABLE IN THE STUDY IS BASED ON THE DIVISION'S CONTINUING INTEREST IN REDUCING A CHILD'S INSTITUTIONALIZATION PERIOD TO THE MOST EFFECTIVE MINIMUM. TABLES COMPARING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE JUVENILE POPULATION STUDIED DOCUMENT THE TEXT. FINDINGS OF THE RESEARCH REVEALED THAT BLACK JUVENILES AND FIRST COMMITMENT OFFENDERS STAY LONGER THAN WHITES OR SECOND COMMITMENT OFFENDERS. SIMILARLY, MALES ARE COMMITTED FOR A SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER PERIOD THAN FEMALES. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT LENGTH OF STAY COULD BE DECREASED WHILE STILL MAINTAINING A HIGH SUCCESS RATE IN TRAINING THE JUVENILES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...KAP