SYMPOSIUM ON STATUS OFFENDERS - PROCEEDINGS, MAY 17-19, 1976

• NCJ Number: 39723
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 172 pages
• Grant Number(s): 76-JS-99-0008
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: National Council of Jewish Women
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

BOOKLET CONTAINS THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN'S SYMPOSIUM ON STATUS OFFENDERS, AT WHICH METHODS WERE DISCUSSED TO REDUCE THIS PROBLEM.

Abstract

PANELS WERE HELD ON TRUANTS, RUNAWAYS, INCORRIGIBLES, AND CURRENT TRENDS, AT WHICH A NUMBER OF EMINENT PERSONS IN THE FIELD OF JUVENILE STATUS OFFENSES SPOKE. PARTICIPANTS DISCUSSED SOLUTIONS TO SOLVING THIS PROBLEM, WHICH AFFECTS HALF OF THE ESTIMATED 2 MILLION CHILDREN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY EACH YEAR. A CONCLUDING PANEL AT THE SYMPOSIUM DISCUSSED WAYS OF IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THE PROPOSALS THAT WERE MADE....BS