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Harris, Linda – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2006
This guidebook is designed to provide advice from the field to communities interested in pursuing more formal connections--or strengthening existing connections--between the workforce and justice systems. It focuses on specific challenges and how selected communities addressed them. The information was gathered via two surveys and site visits. The…
Descriptors: Youth Opportunities, Guidance, Law Enforcement, Youth Programs

Glazer, Nathan – Public Interest, 1979
The problem of graffiti on New York's subway trains is examined. Deterrence and "therapy" approaches to reduce graffiti writing are suggested. (MC)
Descriptors: Delinquency Prevention, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Safety, Security Personnel

Pogrebin, Mark R.; And Others – Youth and Society, 1984
One approach to handling juvenile offenders is the diversion of youth away from formal contact with the juvenile justice system. A diversion program implemented in Adams County, Colorado, is described here. Objectives were to reduce court caseloads, lower recidivism rates, lessen the net of social control, and permit rigorous evaluation. (GC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Juvenile Courts, Program Effectiveness
Newberger, Julee – 2002
This article describes the use of youth courts, or teen courts, a growing trend in juvenile justice. Youth courts are generally used for younger teens with no prior arrest records, and those charged with less serious violations, like shoplifting, vandalism, and disorderly conduct. The goal is to hold young people accountable for their actions with…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Juvenile Courts
Krause, Fred J. – Human Needs, 1972
Our system of justice does not equitably handle the problems connected with a retarded juvenile accused of a crime. (DM)
Descriptors: Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Identification, Juvenile Courts
O'Neil, Carle F. – Children, 1969
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Family Programs, Parent Attitudes

Smith, Barbara J.; And Others – Journal of Correctional Education, 1983
Discusses special education policy issues and alternatives related to correctional settings and reviews the educational status of handicapped youth in these settings. (JOW)
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Disabilities, Special Education

Jennings, William S.; Kohlberg, Lawrence – Journal of Moral Education, 1983
Ten delinquent boys in a home operated on a just community philosophy, which stresses moral discussion and participatory democracy in making and enforcing rules and in resolving interpersonal conflict, moved up an average of one-third of a stage in their reasoning on the Kohlberg moral judgment interview. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Delinquent Rehabilitation, Developmental Stages, Moral Development, Program Evaluation

Reising, Bob – Clearing House, 1996
Discusses briefly two alternatives to the educational dilemma of what to do with violent children and youth. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Elementary Secondary Education

Escamilla, Anna G. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1998
A cognitive approach to anger management was applied to juvenile offenders with histories of violent criminal referrals to the juvenile court. STOP, a six-session group-intervention model was developed. The model is discussed. Evaluation results with a small sample suggest that further study is warranted. (EMK)
Descriptors: Anger, Cognitive Restructuring, Counseling, Delinquency
Cuellar, Alison Evans; McReynolds, Larkin S.; Wasserman, Gail A. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2006
Youth crime is a serious social problem, as is the high proportion of young offenders in the juvenile justice system who have mental disorders. A recent policy innovation applies the theory of therapeutic jurisprudence and diverts youth with mental disorders to treatment in lieu of further court processing. The expansion of mental health diversion…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Mental Disorders, Mental Health, Crime
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1992
This document reports on the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Amendments of 1992. The texts of the following amendments and provisions are presented: Title I-Amendments to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974; Title II-Amendments to the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; Title III-Amendment to the Missing Children's…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Schwitzgebel, Robert L. – J Consult Clin Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Delinquent Behavior, Delinquent Rehabilitation

Westendorp, Floyd; And Others – Adolescence, 1986
A discriminant function analysis identified eight statistically significant variables which differentiated adolescents placed in mental health or juvenile justice systems. In order of decreasing importance they are: ethnicity, gender, depression, previous mental health history, productivity, drug use, parental marital history, and parental…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Identification
Department of Justice, Washington, DC. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. – 2000
In commemoration of the juvenile court's centennial, the Justice Policy Institute of the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice and the Children and Family Justice Center of Northwestern University School of Law profiled 25 individuals who were petitioned into juvenile court as serious delinquents when they were young and then turned their lives…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Childrens Rights, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Juvenile Courts