NCJ Number
169527
Date Published
1995
Length
380 pages
Annotation
This kit includes the agenda, participant instructions, background reports, and audio recordings of four sessions of a national conference on juvenile justice held in 1995 and sponsored by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the National District Attorneys Association.
Abstract
Conference topics included public attitudes toward juvenile justice, the nature and extent of juvenile delinquency, promising interventions for juvenile offenders and at-risk youth, child abduction and parental kidnapping, media access to juvenile courts, juvenile court waiver, and total quality management in juvenile justice. Other sessions focused on gang prevention and gang suppression, juvenile use of guns, juvenile victimization, legal ethics for the attorney in juvenile court, issues related to facilitated communications, recommendations for addressing serious juvenile offenders, and skills for parents. Further topics included a Girl Scout troop for daughters of incarcerated women, school discipline and school safety, an interagency alliance for violence prevention, and issues related to trying juveniles in Federal court. The audiotapes focus on reducing school violence, juvenile justice in rural areas, curfew enforcement, and solutions without guns. Tables, figures, list of speakers, and evaluation form