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Compilation of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 and Related Provisions of Law As Amended Through December 31, 1989

NCJ Number
124709
Date Published
1990
Length
57 pages
Annotation
This text of the 1974 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act includes its declaration of purpose, lists of authorized programs and offices, and provisions relating to runaway and homeless youth and missing children.
Abstract
The text of the drug abuse education and prevention provisions of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 are appended. They include programs for runaway and homeless youth and youth gangs.