NCJ Number
118470
Journal
Research Bulletin Issue: 24 Dated: Special Issue (1987) Pages: 16-19
Date Published
1987
Length
4 pages
Annotation
British government and private agencies that work with youth have forged cooperative endeavors to foster positive social influences for youth that prevent delinquency.
Abstract
One such program is the Community and Voluntary Education Project (CAVE), which involves a core of school teachers and local volunteers in the provision of educational services to youth. CAVE operates three programs: a truancy unit designed to reform chronic truants; a literacy unit, which upgrades the literacy skills of 14-25 year-olds; and the educational and employment project, which provides employment services for 16-19 year-olds. The Birmingham Social Crime Prevention Unit is another example of social crime prevention initiatives. This program has developed a broad strategy that encompasses long-term work with youth in a community that spawns delinquency. The unit focuses on the reformation of the formal and informal systems within which youth gain their social identities. A third effort is the Educational Support Grant Initiatives. This involves funding for a broad range of school programs that address such varied problems as racism, vandalism, and social disaffection. 4 references. United Kingdom has been laid at the national and local levels, but much remains to be done to implement an effective comprehensive community crime prevention approach.