NCJ Number
94444
Date Published
1983
Length
12 pages
Annotation
Six papers presented in a workshop on juvenile delinquency and the justice system focused on trends and treatment programs in Bangladesh, Peru, the Philippines, and Japan.
Abstract
The first speaker offered statistics on delinquency in Bangladesh, noting that it was mainly an urban phenomenon. He also reviewed legislation governing delinquency, the roles of the court, probation officers, and the police in handling juveniles, and the operations of the country's one detention-classification center and one juvenile correctional institution. The workshop presenter from Peru surveyed the extent of delinquency in that country, along with the services and institutions geared to alleviate juvenile problems. She emphasizes a new probation program for minors between 12 and 17 with primary behavior problems. The summary of treatment programs for juvenile offenders in the Philippines covered legal definitions, procedures and services in institutions, and aftercare programs. Problems encountered in handling institutionalized juveniles were examined. The final three papers concerned Japan, beginning with the causes of increasing juvenile delinquency -- weakening of family ties, intense pressure in school to achieve, and lessening of neighborhood ties. Also discussed were delinquency in junior high schools and treatment alternatives and Japan's detention and classification facilities known as juvenile classification homes. Overcrowding, excessive demand for psychological services, and lack of clinical psychology training were cited as current problems in these homes.