NCJ Number
109701
Journal
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Volume: 494 Dated: (November 1987) Pages: 135-138
Date Published
1987
Length
4 pages
Annotation
The Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation has been at the forefront of the search for new ideas in crime prevention through innovative social policies that foster community security, encourage economic development, and direct the energy of youths to productive work, in accord with the themes of neighborhood, family, and employment.
Abstract
The foundation has cited the Dorchester Youth Collaborative (Massachusetts) as a national model program. The collaborative is dedicated to the prevention of criminal behavior. It provides counseling, education, job development, and other services to demonstrate that realistic avenues of hope exist for youths who reject the choices of crime and drug use. Promising programs like this one, as well as other State and local initiatives, require far more resources than they are now receiving from the Federal Government, however. The challenges that lie ahead include the continued deinstitutionalization of status offenders, the reform of a correctional system in which minority youth are assigned to public institutions and whites are placed in private facilities, and effective control of handguns. (Author abstract modified)