NCJ Number
45508
Date Published
1974
Length
102 pages
Annotation
PRACTICAL GUIDELINES FOR WORKING WITH JUVENILES AND THE SPECIAL PROBLEMS ARISING WHEN WORKING WITH RUNAWAYS, DELINQUENTS, ABUSED, AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN ARE GIVEN.
Abstract
THIS HANDBOOK, DEVELOPED BY THE MISSOURI COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN COOPERATION WITH THE MISSOURI POLICE-JUVENILE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, PROVIDES QUICK REFERENCE FOR THE WORKING PATROL OFFICER. SHORT CHAPTERS EXAMINE THE DUTIES OF THE POLICE JUVENILE SERVICES OFFICER, THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND A JUVENILE SERVICES DIVISION, AND REPRINT THE MISSOURI JUVENILE CODE. THE CHAPTER ON POLICE-JUVENILE INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES GIVES SUGGESTIONS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE INTERVIEWING AND WARNINGS ABOUT THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE. APPLICABLE LEGAL DECISIONS ARE BRIEFLY SUMMARIZED. POLICE DISCRETION IN JUVENILE CASES SHOULD BE A MATTER OF DEPARTMENTAL POLICY. SUGGESTIONS ARE GIVEN FOR COMMON SITUATIONS. THE IMPORTANCE OF FAIRNESS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IS EMPHASIZED. THE SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF THE RUNAWAY RECEIVE DETAILED ATTENTION. THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE PROBLEM AND THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH PARENTS IS EMPHASIZED. INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES ARE GIVEN FOR ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILD CASES. FINAL CHAPTERS PRESENT A POLICE JUVENILE RECORD SYSTEM, GIVE GUIDELINES FOR FORMULATING POLICE JUVENILE POLICY, AND CONTAIN AN EXTENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY. APPENDIXES LIST ORGANIZATIONS THAT REGULARLY PUBLISH JUVENILE JUSTICE MATERIALS AND A LIST OF LIBRARIES WHERE SUCH MATERIALS MAY BE OBTAINED IN MISSOURI. (SEE ALSO VOLUME TWO, (NCJ-45509.) (GLR)