NCJ Number
46770
Date Published
1978
Length
35 pages
Annotation
SUBCOMMITTEE ACTIVITIES FOR 1977 ARE REPORTED IN THE GENERAL AREAS OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVENTION AND CONTROL, PROTECTION OF CHILDREN LICIT AND ILLICIT DRUG CONTROL, AND FIREARMS/EXPLOSIVES REGULATION.
Abstract
ACTIVITIES OF THE SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE JUVENILE DELINQUENCY HAVE INCLUDED A WIDE RANGE OF STUDIES, INVESTIGATIONS, AND HEARINGS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEGISLATION RELATING TO JUVENILE JUSTICE AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN. IN THE AREA OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY, MAJOR CONCERNS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE HAVE INCLUDED DRAFTING OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE AMENDMENTS OF 1977, AND ISSUES OF DETENTION AND INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS, THE MENTALLY ILL JUVENILE AND THE JUVENILE JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS, FEDERAL JUVENILE JUSTICE, SCHOOL VIOLENCE AND VANDALISM, VIOLENT JUVENILE CRIMINALITY, AND JUVENILE ALCOHOL ABUSE AND DELINQUENCY. HEARINGS ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND PROSTITUTION HAVE BEEN HELD AND ABDUCTION OF CHILDREN BY NONCUSTODIAL PARENTS IS UNDER CONSIDERATION. HEARINGS ON NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL MEASURES HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN AND MEASURES TO ELIMINATE FEDERAL MARIHUANA PENALTIES ARE BEING CONSIDERED. STRICTER HANDGUN CONTROL PROPOSALS HAVE ALSO CLEARED THE SUBCOMMITTEE. STATISTICAL DATA ARE PRESENTED PERTAINING TO JUVENILE ARRESTS, DELINQENCY DISPOSITIONS, JUVENILE DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITY POPULATIONS, RUNAWAY YOUTH PROBLEMS, VANDALISM AND VIOLENT OFFENSES, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, DRUG ENFORCEMENT RATES AND DRUG USE TRENDS, AND FIREARM-ASSOCIATED OFFENSES. ALSO INCLUDED IS A LISTING OF SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND HEARINGS, AND FEDERAL DELINQUENCY-RELATED EXPENDITURES UNDER THE JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION ACT AND THE OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS ACT. (JAP)