SOCIAL WORK IN POLICE DEPARTMENTS (FROM POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, 1973-1974, V 2, 1975 BY JAMES T CURRAN AND RICHARD H WARD - SEE NCJ-28138)

• NCJ Number: 31895
• Author(s): R A MICHAELS; H TREGER
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 11 pages
• Corporate Author: AMS Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SEVERAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS HAVE SOCIAL WORKERS STATIONED INSIDE THE POLICE STATION TO PROVIDE AN EARLY ASSESSMENT OF AND POSSIBLY TO DIVERT JUVENILE OFFENDERS FROM JUVENILE COURT.

Abstract

INTERAGENCY AND INTERDISCIPLINARY COOPERATION BETWEEN POLICE AND SOCIAL WORKERS WAS REGARDED SO HIGHLY IN ILLINOIS THAT, FOLLOWING THE EXPERIMENTAL PERIOD, THE ARRANGEMENT WAS MADE PERMANENT. THIS ARTICLE POINTS UP THE ADVANTAGES OF SUCH COOPERATION.