NCJ Number
101426
Editor(s)
P W Greenwood
Date Published
1985
Length
343 pages
Annotation
These papers examine juvenile justice goals, history, and intervention, as well as juvenile delinquency factors and prevention.
Abstract
A comparative analysis examines the profiles, processing, and treatment of serious juvenile offenders in California and New York during the 1920's and today. The history of England's borstal system is reviewed and implications for contemporary juvenile corrections are discussed. A literature review examines Western European perspectives on the treatment of young offenders. The divergence between punitive and rehabilitative paradigms in juvenile justice is discussed with reference to case law regarding the handling of serious delinquents and predelinquents and status offenders. Also reviewed are legal considerations in the development of delinquency intervention and prevention programs in the public schools. Research into biological factors in delinquency and adult criminality is reviewed, and treatment implications are discussed. A research review examines factors contributing to the effectiveness of school-based delinquency prevention programs. Finally, a comparative analysis of the costs of selective incapacitation and early intervention is presented that suggests early intervention is more effective. Tables, chapter footnotes, and references. For individual papers, see NCJ 101427-101434.