JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND YOUTH CRIME - TASK FORCE REPORT JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND YOUTH CRIME

• NCJ Number: 172
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 428 pages
• Grant Number(s): OLEA-67-019
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: US President's Cmssn on Law Enforcement and Admin of Justice
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY THAT IS CRITICAL OF SOCIETY'S APPROACH TO JUVENILE CRIME RESPONDS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRINCIPLES FOR CHANGE.

Abstract

EFFORTS TO MODERNIZE THE JUVENILE COURT SYSTEM AND THE GENERAL ATTITUDE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR TOWARD YOUTH CRIME ARE DISCUSSED. TO TEACH THE YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY LIFE, THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS OF THE POPULATION MUST RESPOND TO YOUTHFUL NEEDS. EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE FOLLOWING AREAS FOR CHANGES IN ATTITUDE AND APPROACH OF RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS - PUBLIC OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AGENCIES, TEACHERS, AND POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS. GREATEST EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM PERSONNEL RANGING FROM THE POLICE TO THE JUDGE. GAULT DECISION IS DISCUSSED AS A VIABLE VEHICLE FOR GIVING PERSPECTIVE TO FUTURE PROGRAMS AND PRIORITIES. THAT A REVITALIZED JUVENILE COURT SYSTEM IS NEEDED IS A LOGICAL CONCLUSION.