MAKING THE PUNISHMENT FIT THE CRIME - A PROPOSAL FOR DETERMINATE SENTENCES FOR JUVENILES

• NCJ Number: 37605
• Author(s): J M STEINFELD
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 25 pages
• Corporate Author: Community Service Soc of New York
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REVISED FEBRUARY, 1978

Annotation

THIS DOCUMENT PRESENTS A PROPOSAL BY THE COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK WHICH CALLS FOR IMPOSING DETERMINATE SENTENCES ON JUVENILE DELINQUENTS IN PROPORTION TO SERIOUSNESS OF OFFENSES COMMITTED.

Abstract

FOR A DETERMINATE SENTENCE, THE FAMILY COURT WOULD DETERMINE THE NATURE AND DURATION OF THE SANCTIONS, WHILE THE LEGISLATURE WOULD MANDATE THE GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR THE IMPOSITION OF SUCH SANCTIONS. THE CHOICE OF A PARTICULAR PROGRAM, WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE COURT-DETERMINED SANCTIONS, WOULD BE GOVERNED BY THE NEEDS AND DESIRES OF THE JUVENILE. REDUCTION OR MODIFICATION OF THE SENTENCE WOULD BE PERMITTED UNDER CERTAIN SPECIFIED CIRCUMSTANCES. FOR A COMMENTARY ON THE PROPOSAL BY THE COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY, SEE NCJ-37606. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)