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STATISTICS ON PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS FOR DELINQUENT CHILDREN 1968

NCJ Number
10456
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1970
Length
13 pages
Annotation
DISTRUBUTION OF CHILDREN IN VARIOUS FACILITIES, AND THE NUMBER, CAPACITY, OCCUPANCY, PERSONNEL AND EXPENDITURES OF THESE INSTITUTIONS.
Abstract

THERE WERE 322 KNOWN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS FOR DELINQUENT CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1968. OF THESE, 229 WERE TRAINING SCHOOLS, 13 WERE RECEPTION AND DIAGNOSTIC CENTERS, AND 80 WERE FORESTRY CAMPS. THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS DATA FROM 294 OF THESE INSTITUTIONS WHICH RETURNED REPORTS TO THE CHILDRENS BUREAU COVERING THE INFORMATION REQUESTED.