NCJ Number
30627
Date Published
1975
Length
0 pages
Annotation
INTENDED AS EDUCATIONAL AID FOR POLICE, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERSONNEL, THIS FILM PROVIDES AN INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S PROBLEMS IN DEALING WITH THE INCREASING JUVENILE PROBLEM.
Abstract
THE FILM TRACES THE GRADUAL DISINTEGRATION OF BILLY DAVIS, A WHITE MIDDLE-CLASS JUVENILE, FROM HIS FIRST MINOR THEFT OF A MIRROR IN A JUNKYARD UNTIL HIS ATTEMPTED MURDER OF OFFICER MILLER SEVERAL YEARS LATER IN A DRUG RAID. A WIDE RANGE OF JUVENILE SITUATIONS, BOTH MINOR AND MAJOR, ARE PRESENTED. SEVERAL TYPES OF POLICE INVOLVEMENT WITH THE JUVENILE ARE PORTRAYED. THESE INCLUDE POLICE DIVERSION, POLICE INTERVENTION, AND ARREST. A PROFILE OF THE ACTIVITIES, INTERESTS, AND PROBLEMS OF TODAY'S YOUTH IS ALSO PROVIDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)