NCJ Number
171011
Date Published
1996
Length
99 pages
Annotation
This 1996 annual report (July 1, 1995-June 30, 1996) of the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA) presents data and information pertinent to the agency's goals and activities as it pursued its mandated mission of protecting the public from juvenile offenders, preventing juvenile delinquency, and holding juveniles accountable for their behavior.
Abstract
The strategic action plan for fiscal 1996 had three priorities for gaining control of increasing juvenile crime: achieving system control by getting out from under the Terry D. v. L.E. Rader lawsuit, building a new agency responsive to community needs, and unclogging the system of placement waiting lists for juvenile offenders. These priorities were implemented through five major objectives that addressed significant problems in the juvenile justice system. The objectives were to unclog the juvenile justice system and get it moving again, restore accountability and ensure consequences for juvenile offenders, build a seamless statewide system to ensure community-based reintegration placements and services, increase community involvement in creating and implementing solutions, and building a wall of prevention by strengthening existing prevention and first-offender response programs. The OJA achievements in meeting these objectives are outlined, and a strategic action plan and priorities for fiscal years 1997 and 1998 are presented. In addition, the report summarizes the work of OJA offices and units. Data encompass juvenile referrals, juvenile intake, juvenile detention, juvenile placement/disposition, and juveniles transferred to adult court.