The School/Community Guidance Program in the Austin Independent School District is a state authorized program providing services to delinquent students to decrease both their disruptive behavior and their contact with the criminal justice system. Assigned to reduce factors contributing to truancy, academic failure, dropping out, and delinquency,…

These proceedings, dealing with the impact of drugs on juvenile crime, include testimony from judicial and law enforcement personnel and directors of programs for delinquent rehabilitation and drug treatment. The scope of the drug/crime problem is defined and discussed in terms of early delinquent behavior and the role of the family. The impact of…

In 1976 the Special Emphasis branch of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention made $10 million available for the development of 11 diversion programs. A national evaluation of these programs was promoted in the hope of better understanding the viability of diversion as an alternative to traditional practices. The impact of…

A number of programmes for delinquent youth have been established throughout North America based on the Outward Bound concept: to involve volunteer participants in an outdoor programme which offers challenging and adventuresome tasks in a high-impact environment. Project D.A.R.E. (Development through Adventure, Responsibility and Education) in…

This manual is the outcome of a one-year study of police action to divert youthful offenders from the juvenile justice system, an action advocated by every major commission examining the system since the early sixties. The manual is intended to guide police, social service agencies, and other concerned individuals and organizations through the…

These conference proceedings are designed to provide the latest research on children in jails and to assist in the development of action programs. The materials include a "work file" of alternatives to jail, such as a home detention program, short-term shelter care, crisis intervention services and foster care, because jail placements do not…

The Adolescent Diversion Project, an alternative to court processing for juvenile offenders, employs intervention strategies of behavioral contracting and advocacy. Youth (N=73) were assigned to one of three conditions: (1) the control group receiving usual court treatment; (2) the family condition involving a trained undergraduate volunteer who…

Because most of the approximately 100 stress-challenge programs exclusively serving delinquent youth are funded partially or wholly by public funds and therefore require evaluation, a need exists for a comprehensive model which evaluates not only program outputs, but also program operations and inputs. The feasibility and flexibility of a…

This document describes a program designed to strengthen the educational opportunities of juvenile delinquents and/or youth offenders in the Dallas Independent School District (DISD) and the Dallas County Juvenile Department Detention Center. The project's goals, expected outcomes and activities are outlined. Major project components outlined…

In this report the speeches, workshops, and panel discussions of the National Youth Worker's Conference of 1978 are abstracted. Topics covered include educational alternatives, drug abuse, youth employment, juvenile delinquency, counseling and program planning, sexuality, management of community based agencies, and therapy techniques. Films shown…

Services provided by agencies in the community neither reduce the rate of recidivism nor the tendency to commit increasing serious offenses. Subjects in an Ontario, Canada study had committed two or more offenses known to the police. Half the subjects received no service from any of the community agencies. Findings showed: (1) children who…

THIS SPEECH STATES THAT STUDIES INDICATE THAT DELINQUENCY IN RURAL AREAS TENDS TO BE LESS SERIOUS IN TERMS OF THE ACTS COMMITTED AND IS TREATED MORE LENIENTLY THAN IN METROPOLITAN AREAS. THE DELINQUENCY THAT DOES EXIST IS A MALE PROBLEM, OCCURS PREDOMINATELY AMONG YOUTH FROM LOWER-ECONOMIC-STATUS BACKGROUNDS, REFLECTS ALIENATION FROM COMMUNITY AND…

THIS ARTICLE REPORTED A 2- AND 3-YEAR FOLLOWUP STUDY OF 20 DELINQUENT MALE DROPOUTS, HALF OF WHOM RECEIVED 10 MONTHS OF A COMPREHENSIVE, VOCATIONALLY ORIENTED PSYCHOTHERAPY PROGRAM, HALF OF WHOM DID NOT. METROPOLITAN ACHIEVEMENT TESTS AND THEMATIC STORIES WERE USED IN ASSESSMENTS. A SHORT INTERVIEW OBTAINED DATA ON JOB HISTORY, LEGAL AND MARITAL…

This book presents the findings of a year-long study of the problem of juvenile violence. The scope of the problem is discussed in terms of arrest data and a review of related surveys, studies, and literature. Factors considered in describing the characteristics of violent delinquents include patterns of delinquency and violence, sex, age, racial…

Public offenders have special educational needs due to past histories of school failure, dropout, poverty, lack of home support, and an acquired aversion to formal education. Prison education programs, however, tend to follow traditional patterns of instruction. Educational or instructional technology deals with the problems of individualizing…