Controlling Serious Crime in the Schools (From Metropolitan Areas and Serious Juvenile Crime, 1982, Tape M-17 - See NCJ-91384)

• NCJ Number: 91400
• Author(s): A Hurwitz; P Blauvelt
• Date Published: 1982
• Length: 0 pages
• Sale Source: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. Running time: 1 hr. 20 mins. Recording is poor; speaker too far from microphone and speech is too rapid.

Annotation

A combination of lecture and question-and-answer discussion is used to examine security policy for schools regarding various student misbehaviors.

Abstract

Emphasis is given to the development of a policy for handling deviant student behavior in the schools which involves both school action to increase security and appropriate action by the juvenile justice system. The juvenile justice system is viewed as appropriate for handling only the most severe crimes. The policy of Prince George's County, Md., for suspending students possessing drugs was discussed in terms of the effect this might have on the offender as regards future positive development. The argument for suspension was based in the corruptive influence such a person will have on the educational process. The county's policy for weapons possession is expulsion for even the first offense. School hearings and the requirements of due process are discussed along with the concept of double jeopardy when students are sanctioned both by the juvenile justice system and the school. Brief attention is given to the particular offenses of teacher assaults, school vandalism, arson, school burglaries, and sexual molestation. Prevention activities are also briefly considered.