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National Advisory Committee for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Annual Report, October 1977-September 1978

NCJ Number
86364
Date Published
Unknown
Length
32 pages
Annotation
The report is a compilation of legislatively mandated recommendations to the President, the Congress, and the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and a description of relevant actions taken by the Committee from Oct. 1, 1977, to Sept. 30, 1978.
Abstract
Minutes of all Committee meetings are provided, as well as the Committee's work plan and information on staffing activities. Topics considered included juvenile offenders who have committed violent offenses, youthful offenders being tried as adults in some States, and research needed to determine the nature of treatment for juvenile offenders perpetrating violent crimes.