SHO/DI (Serious Habitual Offender/Drug Involved) Operational Model (From Serious Habitual Offender/Drug Involved Program (SHO/DI), Volume 2: Informational Commentaries, Phase II, 1986, Number 26, Robert O Heck et al -- See NCJ-108333)

• NCJ Number: 108340
• Author(s): R O Heck; W Pindur; D K Wells
• Date Published: 1986
• Length: 13 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Report (Technical Assistance)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: For microfiche, see NCJ-108333.

Annotation

The juvenile serious habitual offender/drug involved (SHO/DI) program was developed as a research, test, and demonstration program that focuses on developing a coordinated, systemwide, interagency response to chronic, serious juvenile offenders.

Abstract

The program is intended to interrupt the evolution of juvenile to adult criminal careers among SHO/DI youth. The operational model describes each of the program tasks, the procedures required for each task, and the outcomes that can be expected. The first task is the establishment of a juvenile data base through review of police files and other juvenile records. Criteria then are established for identifying the SHO/DI population, usually through an analysis of offense frequency distribution and seriousness. Police, acting with other juvenile agencies then can develop processes for early identification and procedures for specialized crime analysis functions. Program implementation also requires the establishment of police internal and interagency linkages for information flow and the development of specialized procedures for dealing with SHO/DI youth. Interagency and community support should then be pursued, and a focus should be placed on organization development and the provision of intraagency and interagency technical assistance.