NCJ Number
118166
Date Published
Unknown
Length
11 pages
Annotation
This pamphlet explains the role of detention in the Serious Habitual Offender Comprehensive Action Program (SHOCAP), an effort to help jurisdictions identify and appropriately respond to the serious habitual juvenile offender.
Abstract
SHOCAP is based on the premises and principles of the Integrated Criminal Apprehension Program (ICAP). SHOCAP can increase the quality and relevance of information provided to juvenile justice and criminal justice authorities and enables them to focus additional attention on juveniles who repeatedly commit serious crimes. Particular emphasis is placed on providing relevant and complete case information for more informed sentences. SHOCAP expands the interagency model established in 1983 to include more information sharing for use in planning, managing, and delivering services more effectively. Detention between the time of intake and the time of trial rewards the community in several ways, particularly in its prevention of the criminal activity that often occurs while habitual offenders are awaiting trial. Detention strategies should include establishing policies for separate and secure holdings of serious habitual juvenile offenders, providing a classification system, and monitoring these offenders' activities. Figures and address from which to obtain further information.