Impact of the Juvenile Justice System and Prospects for Graduated Sanctions in a Comprehensive Strategy (From Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders: Risk Factors and Successful Interventions, P 346-366, 1998, Rolf Loeber, David P. Farrington, eds. - See NCJ-171234)

• NCJ Number: 171248
• Author(s): B Krisberg; J C Howell
• Date Published: 1998
• Length: 21 pages
• Sale Source: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

This chapter examines the effectiveness of the juvenile justice system in handling serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders.

Abstract

The review focuses on traditional juvenile corrections and recent policy and procedural changes in traditional features of the juvenile justice system, consisting of targeted arrest and prosecution, and transferring juveniles to the criminal justice system. The chapter includes an overview of programs that jurisdictions might consider in implementing the graduated sanctions component of the Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders, and highlights some of the effective programs that illustrate how the Comprehensive Strategy can be implemented. The chapter concludes that, although there is some evidence that strong justice system sanctions reduce the rate of subsequent criminal offending, there is not much support for the thesis that traditional sanctioning policies reduce the likelihood of subsequent offending or recommitments. The chapter suggests topics for future research. Table