HOW FEDERAL EFFORTS TO COORDINATE PROGRAMS TO MITIGATE JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PROVED INEFFECTIVE - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE

• NCJ Number: 28004
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 72 pages
• Corporate Author: US Comptroller General
• Sale Source: Azimuth Inc.; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

INTERAGENCY COOPERATION AND FEDERAL ORGANIZATION ARE THE MAJOR STUMBLING BLOCKS TOWARDS THE COORDINATION OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL PROGRAMS FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.

Abstract

A SHORT HISTORY OF FEDERAL JUVENILE DELINQUENCY LEGISLATION IS PRESENTED. MOST OF THE COORDINATION PROBLEMS REFERRED TO INVOLVE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE. THE FAILURE OF THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL TO COORDINATE ALL FEDERAL JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PROGRAMS IS CHRONICLED. STATE AND LOCAL COORDINATION EFFORTS FARED NO BETTER THAN FEDERAL EFFORTS FOR THE REPORT PERIOD. SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE FOR THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEWEST FEDERAL LEGISLATION IN THIS AREA - THE JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION ACT OF 1974.