NCJ Number
109942
Editor(s)
D K Steenson
Date Published
1988
Length
314 pages
Annotation
These 10 papers are the product of a national symposium held in Minneapolis in October 1986 that brought juvenile justice professionals together to discuss the use of juvenile intensive probation supervision (JIPS) as a response to serious juvenile delinquency.
Abstract
Participants examined JIPS in terms of its theory and rationale, applicable juvenile justice research, values and ethics, relationship to its counterpart in the adult system, role of public versus private programs, need for evaluation, and public perceptions. They also discussed a national survey of a random sample of 200 jurisdictions, which produced responses from 157 jurisdictions. Sixty-one of these jurisdictions had JIPS programs. Programs shared the perception that JIPS has value as an alternative to incarceration or other forms of out-of-home placement. JIPS programs cost an average of $2,500 per client, which was more than the standard program. Programs served from 2 to 1,400 probationers at any one time. Forty percent of the programs used a team approach to staffing. Juveniles served ranged 8 to 19 years of age, with most between 15 and 16.5 years. Tables, reference lists, description of the planning for the symposium, and list of participants.