NCJ Number
86359
Date Published
1981
Length
49 pages
Annotation
The goals and standards of the Ohio juvenile justice system are presented in a four-part framework: planning, prevention, informal intervention, and formal intervention.
Abstract
Planning standards include planning activities of local and State coordinating councils, i.e., the acquisition and allocation of resources, information collection and dissemination, monitoring and evaluation, and human resource development. The prevention program component is intended to provide services to individuals without regard to the potential delinquent risks of specific youths. Standards for it are delineated in terms of the family, the youths, education, and government and private services. Informal intervention, comprising intake and provision of services, is concerned with services on a voluntary basis after prevention has failed, but before youths become officially involved with the juvenile justice system. Informal intervention standards pertain to alternative living arrangements, crisis intervention, family and individual counseling substance abuse treatment, employment opportunities, and other types of assistance. Standards for formal intervention delineate guidelines for the law enforcement function, preadjudication detention, court intake and informal disposition, the court function, community-based residential alternatives, juvenile probation, local detention, institutional care, and juvenile aftercare. Standards are also provided under formal intervention for dealing with endangered, neglected, and dependent youths; the deinstitutionalization of status offenders; and the inspection, dissemination, and expungement of records. At the conclusion, 14 points of dissenting opinion are noted, and a glossary of terms is provided.