Resource Manual for Juvenile Detention and Corrections: Effective and Innovative Programs

• NCJ Number: 155285
• Date Published: 1995
• Length: 165 pages
• Grant Number(s): 92-JN-CX-0006
• Sponsoring Agency: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
• Corporate Author: National Juvenile Detention Assoc
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; National Juvenile Detention Assoc; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Program Description (Model)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This report presents a collection of innovative program ideas known to be effective in the management and treatment of youths who require some level of restrictive care and custody.

Abstract

The programs presented in this manual were compiled from a survey that obtained information from juvenile justice, detention, and correctional services systems across the United States. The survey solicited information on program name; key words to identify the effective and innovative program elements; a description of these elements; a description of evaluations of the program; a listing of any publications, honors, or awards; the date when the program began; and the funding source. Each entry in this collection may describe an entire program, components of a program, or specific activities; the focus of each entry is on what makes that program effective and/or innovative. This report contains 98 program descriptions submitted by juvenile detention practitioners. These program descriptions contain 336 effective or innovative program ideas and suggestions. When clustered according to frequency of innovative content, the top five topics are treatment programs, education programs, substance abuse education and prevention, activities, and volunteers. The programs have been arranged into four main categories: prevention programs, which are aimed at nonoffenders and are designed to help keep youth out of detention; alternatives to detention, which are offender programs conducted outside of a detention facility; secure programs, which are conducted in a secure environment; and aftercare programs, which are conducted after a youth is released from security. Each of these main categories has been divided into the following subcategories: programs for the individual, group programs, family programs, and programs that include the community. In the secure category, another subcategory is community/facility programs, which are those that include the community as well as those that affect the entire facility.