NCJ Number
129819
Editor(s)
T L Armstrong
Date Published
1991
Length
447 pages
Annotation
Fourteen papers on intensive interventions with high-risk youths are presented under the main topics of an overview of juvenile intensive supervision, programming issues and specialized approaches in juvenile intensive supervision, and evaluation of juvenile intensive supervision.
Abstract
The introductory paper presents the history and main features of intensive intervention programs in juvenile community corrections, followed by three papers that provide an overview of juvenile intensive supervision. A paper on the theory and rationale of juvenile intensive probation supervision (JIPS) notes that the primary JIPS strategy, frequency of contact between probation officer and client, emphasizes risk control more than punishment. The other two papers that contribute to an overview of juvenile intensive supervision pertain to intensive aftercare for the high-risk juvenile parolee and recent and long-term changes in intervention with juvenile offenders. Six papers cover programming issues and specialized approaches in juvenile intensive supervision. Topics covered include work experience and employment programming for serious juvenile offenders, programmatic issues in juvenile intensive supervision in four Ohio jurisdictions, the use of electronic monitoring, a therapeutic community for chronic substance-abusing juvenile offenders, restitution and community work service, and selective aftercare for juvenile parolees. The book concludes with five papers that report on evaluations of intensive supervision programs for juveniles throughout the Nation. Chapter tables, notes, and references