ALTERNATIVE MODEL IN JUVENILE JUSTICE TO INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT

• NCJ Number: 14496
• Journal: Juvenile Justice Volume: 25 Issue: 1 Dated: (MAY 1974) Pages: 36-43
• Author(s): M LANGLEY; H B DRONE
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE PROTECTION EDUCATION LITIGATION LEGISLATION (PELL) MODEL FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE TREATMENT IS DESCRIBED, AND CURRENT DEFICIENCIES IN THE INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT MODEL ARE CITED AS REASONS FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS MODEL.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR STATES THAT THE INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT OR MEDICAL TREATMENT MODEL DOES NOT ADEQUATELY GUARD INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, AND OFTEN FALSELY EQUATES THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE STATE WITH THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD. PROBATION AND TREATMENT WITHIN FACILITIES ARE SEEN AS OFTEN PROVIDING NO TREATMENT OR CAUSING FURTHER DELINQUENT ACTIVITY. THE PELL MODEL IS SUGGESTED. IT INVOLVES A CONCERN WITH PROTECTING ALL INVOLVED IN THE DELINQUENT ACT, THROUGH SUCH PROGRAMS AS VICTIM COMPENSATION, AND EDUCATION OF JUVENILE JUSTICE PERSONNEL, THE PUBLIC, THE VICTIMS AND THE DELINQUENTS ABOUT THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. LITIGATION WOULD BE PROVIDED BY A REVIEW COMMITTEE WHICH WOULD MONITOR THE PROCEDURES AND DECISIONS OF THE SYSTEM. LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, SUCH AS ELIMINATION OF THE PARENTAL ROLE OF THE STATE AND ELIMINATION OF THE LEGAL CATEGORY OF DELINQUENT CHILD ARE ALSO SUGGESTED.