NCJ Number
118200
Date Published
Unknown
Length
9 pages
Annotation
This paper describes the progress to date of the implementation of the Serious Habitual Offender Comprehensive Action Program (SHOCAP), an interagency case management system designed to enable juvenile justice agencies, schools, and human service agencies to make more informed decisions regarding a small number of offenders who repeatedly commit serious crimes.
Abstract
SHOCAP operates on the premise that, in most cases, sufficient resources are available within the juvenile justice system to deal with serious habitual offenders. The key to success is to coordinate resources among agencies. The SHOCAP Training and Technical Assistance Project was awarded to Public Administration Services in August 1986 as a means to assist agencies interested in implementing SHOCAP. SHOCAP has been marketed nationwide to identify jurisdictions committed to changing their approaches for dealing with serious habitual offenders. Based upon the site assessment survey and reports from site assessors, decisions were made either to deliver the SHOCAP training program at a site or delay training until a site has been adequately prepared to make the most of the training session. Currently, 18 jurisdictions have been identified as project sites. The 5-day SHOCAP training session is designed to promote interagency team building, explain program elements, and assist attendees in developing an implementation plan for approval by the chief administrative officers of agencies participating in SHOCAP. This report describes the technical assistance, written materials, and the future of SHOCAP.