ORIGINS OF STATE INTERVENTION IN THE CONTROL OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY - THE NEBRASKA EXPERIENCE, 1875-1905

• NCJ Number: 36155
• Author(s): J L MASSEY
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 113 pages
• Grant Number(s): 74-NI-99-1005
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: University of Nebraska at Omaha
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA - DISSERTATION

Annotation

THESIS TRACING THE ORIGINS OF NEBRASKA'S EXPERIENCE IN OFFICIAL STATE INTERVENTION IN THE CONTROL OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY FOCUSING ON THE DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES OF THE NEBRASKA JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

Abstract

A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF EFFORTS TO DEFINE AND PREVENT JUVENILE DELINQUENCY FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO THE CIVIL WAR IS PROVIDED. THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF DELINQUENCY CONTROL MEASURES ENACTED IN THE STATE BEGINNING WITH THE RATIFICATION OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION IN 1875 THROUGH PASSAGE OF THE JUVENILE COURT ACT OF 1905 IS EXAMINED. CONCLUDING REMARKS ARE DIRECTED AT BUREAUCRATIZATION OF AND LACK OF INNOVATION WITHIN THE SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE SYSTEM MAY HAVE PROVED DETRIMENTAL TO THE WELFARE OF MANY OF THE YOUTHS.