NCJ Number
169553
Date Published
1997
Length
25 pages
Annotation
This is a description of a program used by Florida's Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) to direct and conduct delinquency prevention and early intervention policies, practices, and services.
Abstract
While controlling juvenile crime can in part be achieved through enhanced law enforcement, incarceration and residential placements for youth, a long-term solution requires preventing juveniles from becoming involved in crimes and violence in the first place. Florida DJJ's strategy for influencing a child's healthy development, both in the family and in the community, involves: (1) facilitating successful educational achievement in appropriate learning environments; (2) increasing opportunities for accessible, structured and supervised time outside the formal learning environment; (3) reducing violence in the community, at school and at home; and (4) increasing opportunities for successful employment through development of youth employability skills. The plan focuses on effective results in the near future and creating a difference at the end of 10 years. Notes