NCJ Number
11036
Date Published
1973
Length
31 pages
Annotation
VOLUNTEER FUNCTIONS, RECRUITMENT, ASSIGNMENT, AND COORDINATION PREPARED BY THE P.T.A. IN COOPERATION WITH THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUVENILE COURT JUDGES.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM APPEARS TO BE THE ONLY METHOD OF OBTAINING THE MANPOWER NEEDED TO COPE WITH THE PROBLEM OF CHILDREN IN TROUBLE. HE STATES THAT AN EFFECTIVE SOURCE FOR GENERATING VOLUNTEERS AND VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS IS THE P.T.A. THE IMPACT OF COURT VOLUNTEERS HAS SEEN A REDUCTION IN INSTITUTIONALIZATION RATES, A REDUCTION IN RECIDIVISM, AND A LESSENING OF ANTI-SOCIAL ATTITUDES. THE AUTHOR OUTLINES PREREQUISITES AND PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW IN ESTABLISHING A COURT VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, AND PRESENTS GUIDELINES FOR VOLUNTEER PARTICIPANTS. IN ADDITION, THE AUTHOR LISTS SIX SOURCES FOR INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE IN VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)