NCJ Number
40050
Editor(s)
K O'BRIEN
Date Published
1977
Length
100 pages
Annotation
A SELECTED AND ANNOTATED LISTING OF 140 ARTICLES, REPORTS, STUDIES, AND TEXTS DEALING WITH GENERAL DIVERSION ISSUES, POLICE DIVERSION OF JUVENILES, JUVENILE COURT DIVERSION, AND DIVERSIONARY PROGRAMS.
Abstract
INTEREST IN THE FIELD OF JUVENILE DIVERSION HAS INCREASED WITH THE PUBLIC'S GROWING CONCERN ABOUT THE ABILITY OF THE JUVENILE COURT TO CARRY OUT ITS GOALS OF TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION. THIS SECOND EDITION OF 'JUVENILE DIVERSION - A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY' REFLECTS THE HIGH INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT, INCORPORATING 140 ITEMS DEALING WITH ALL MAJOR ASPECTS OF JUVENILE DIVERSION. AS THE TERM IS USED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY, DIVERSION IS A PROCESS WHICH LIMITS PENETRATION OF YOUTH INTO THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. STUDIES INCLUDED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY INVESTIGATE SUCH ISSUES AS THE RELATIVE COSTS OF JUVENILE DIVERSION, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF DIVERSION PROGRAMS, AND THE COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE JUVENILE COURTS AND JUVENILE DIVERSION. THE ANNOTATIONS AND ABSTRACTS OF THE REPORTS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS LISTED HAVE BEEN ARRANGED INTO FOUR CATEGORIES. THE SECTION ON GENERAL ISSUES AND VIEWS COVERS PUBLICATIONS DEALING WITH BROAD AREAS OF THE SUBJECT MATTER, SUCH AS DIVERSION THEORY. THE POLICE JUVENILE DIVERSION SECTION ENCOMPASSES LITERATURE THAT TREATS POLICE DISCRETION IN ARREST OF JUVENILES, SPECIAL POLICE UNITS THAT OFFER INTENSIVE COUNSELING TO JUVENILE OFFENDERS IN LIEU OF ARREST, AND CASES OF POLICE REFERRALS TO OTHER COMMUNITY AGENCIES. A THIRD SECTION DEALS WITH LITERATURE ON PROGRAMS BOTH INITIATED AND CARRIED OUT BY PROBATION AND COURT PERSONNEL. JUVENILES IN PROGRAMS OF THIS TYPE ARE DIVERTED SOLELY TO RESOURCES WITHIN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE LAST SECTION INCLUDES PROGRAMS IN WHICH JUVENILES ARE DIVERTED TO AGENCIES OR ORGANIZATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. THIS SECOND EDITION ADDS OVER 50 NEW ITEMS TO THOSE PRESENTED IN THE ORIGINAL EDITION. THE BIBLIOGRAPHY IS ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY AUTHOR, AND A SUBJECT INDEX IS PROVIDED. DOCUMENTS DATE FROM 1963, WITH MOST HAVING BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE EARLY AND MID 1970'S. A LIST OF THE PUBLISHERS' NAMES AND ADDRESSES APPEARS IN THE APPENDIX.