USE OF SECURE DETENTION FOR JUVENILES AND ALTERNATIVES TO ITS USE - NATIONAL EVALUATION PROGRAM - PHASE 1 REPORT (ISSUED IN TWO UNNUMBERED VOLUMES)

• NCJ Number: 40732
• Author(s): D M PAPPENFORT; T M YOUNG; C H SHIREMAN
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 344 pages
• Grant Number(s): 75-NI-99-0112
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: University of Chicago
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: NATIONAL EVALUATION PROGRAM

Annotation

AN EVALUATIVE REPORT, DATED MARCH 1977, ANALYZING NATIONAL JUVENILE DETENTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES, FROM VISITS TO 14 SAMPLE JURISDICTIONS.

Abstract

CHAPTER I DESCRIBES THE DECISIONS OF POLICE AND OTHER ADULTS THAT CREATE A POOL OF YOUTHS FOR REFERRAL TO COURT. CHAPTER II ANALYZES THE PROCESS OF THE JUVENILE COURT THROUGH WHICH DECISIONS ARE MADE ABOUT COURT AND DETENTION INTAKE, SELECTED YOUTHS BEING PLACED IN SECURE DETENTION OR REFERRED TO ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS OR SENT HOME. IN CHAPTER III THE VARIATIONS IN USE OF SECURE DETENTION ARE DESCRIBED. THE PSYCHOSOCIAL CONSEQUENCES FOR JUVENILES WHO ARE DETAINED ARE DISCUSSED, AS ARE THE CONSEQUENCES AFTER ADJUDICATION AT THE TIME OF COURT DISPOSITION. IN CHAPTER IV ARE THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PROGRAMS USED AS ALTERNATIVES TO SECURE DETENTION IN THE 14 JURISDICTIONS VISITED. CHAPTER V PRESENTS CERTAIN CONCLUSIONS OF THE STUDY AND OFFERS RECOMMENDATIONS INTENDED FOR JURISDICTIONS PLANNING ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS. THE SECOND VOLUME PRESENTS BACKGROUND MATERIAL, DATED OCTOBER 1975. FOR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, SEE NCJ-41250. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)