SHO/DI (Serious Habitual Offender/Drug Involved): A Corrections Perspective (From Serious Habitual Offender/Drug Involved Program (SHO/DI), Volume 1: Informational Commentaries, Phase I, 1986, P 17.1-17.11, Robert O Heck et al -- See NCJ-108314)

• NCJ Number: 108331
• Author(s): R O Heck; W Pindur; D K Wells; L Grauberger
• Date Published: 1986
• Length: 11 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Program Description (Demonstrative)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: For microfiche, see NCJ-108314.

Annotation

The juvenile serious habitual offender/drug involved (SHO/DI) program represents a law enforcement approach that emphasizes the need for systemwide interagency cooperation in dealing with chronic, serious juvenile delinquency.

Abstract

The program calls for interaction among and between police, prosecutors, juvenile courts, probation, corrections, schools, and community groups. In Colorado Springs, Colo., the program has resulted in intensified communications between police and corrections. The juvenile detention screening unit has access to police records and criminal history information that is essential for treatment/correctional planning and decisionmaking. This includes information on current charge, prior delinquency, and family profile and history. Corrections provides police with information on treatment goals and objectives, strengths and weaknesses of youths, factors relating to treatment success or failure, and release. Increased communication and cooperation among youth-related agencies should contribute to a juvenile justice system that is better able to protect the community and provide greater opportunity for the rehabiliation of SHO/DI youth.