RUNAWAY YOUTH IN THE WASHINGTON AREA - REPORT AND ANALYSIS

• NCJ Number: 25120
• Author(s): J E LATHAM
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 43 pages
• Grant Number(s): 74-DF-03-0002
• Sponsoring Agency: District of Columbia Office of Criminal Justice Plans and Analysis; US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A SURVEY OF THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE RUNAWAY YOUTH PROBLEM, INCLUDING AN ANALYSIS OF STATISTICS AND OTHER INFORMATION FOR EACH JURISDICTION AND A LIST OF AREA RESOURCES FOR RUNAWAYS.

Abstract

THE FOLLOWING SOURCES WERE CONTACTED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON RUNAWAY YOUTH IN THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA: THE THREE AREA RUNAWAY HOUSES; ALL LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND JUVENILE COURTS; VARIOUS SOCIAL AND YOUTH SERVICE AGENCIES THAT DEAL WITH RUNAWAYS; INDIVIDUALS IN THE METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY WHO WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE; AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATE AND REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCIES IN THIS AREA. JURISDICTIONS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT ARE THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALEXANDRIA, ARLINGTON COUNTY, FAIRFAX COUNTY, FALLS CHURCH, FAIRFAX CITY, HERNDON AND VIENNA, LOUDOUN COUNTY AND LEESBURG, AND PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY AND MANASSAS. AN OVERVIEW OF CHARACTERISTICS OF AREA RUNAWAYS IS PROVIDED, INCLUDING THEIR AGES, REASONS FOR RUNNING AWAY, AND LENGTH OF TIME AWAY FROM HOME. APPENDED ARE TABLES OF DATA ON REPORTED RUNAWAY CASES FOR THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA JURISDICTIONS.