NCJ Number
127228
Date Published
Unknown
Length
232 pages
Annotation
Papers and articles on serious and violent juvenile offenders discuss offender characteristics, service needs and client selection, case management, employment services, and resource development.
Abstract
The first chapter discusses issues in defining a serious juvenile offense and a serious/violent juvenile offender and recommends the use of the Sellin-Wolfgang offense seriousness scale to assess the degree of seriousness in juvenile crime. Chapter 1 also illustrates the role of juvenile justice standards in the administration of juvenile justice, with a focus on serious/violent juvenile offenders. Chapter 2 contains material related to determination of service needs and the selection of clients for programs that target serious/violent juvenile offenders. Materials consider the intake decision, offender characteristics, and the lifestyle of the violent juvenile. In discussing case management issues, chapter 3 provides management exercises, describes basic case management procedures, and provides sample case-management forms. Chapter 4 features discussions of the employment component in programs for serious/violent juvenile offenders, including a paper on the impact of pre-employment services on the employment and earnings of disadvantaged youth. The remaining three chapters provide resource-related materials and bibliographies, including descriptions of model programs and a 48-item annotated bibliography.