NCJ Number
38939
Date Published
1976
Length
16 pages
Annotation
ASSESSMENT OF NINE DELAWARE PROJECTS CONCERNED WITH THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF JUVENILE DELIQUENCY BY EMPLOYING DIVERSIONARY TACTICS.
Abstract
THE ORIGINAL OBJECTIVES OF THE OVERALL PLAN OF THE PROJECTS ARE EVALUATED IN TERMS OF THEIR RELEVANCE TO CURRENT PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. DISCUSSED ARE THE FOLLOWING GOALS: TO REDUCE DUPLICATION AND FRAGMENTATION OF SERVICES TO YOUTH IN TROUBLE, TO IMPROVE THE SERVICES AVAILABLE, AND TO IMPROVE CITIZEN KNOWLEDGE OF AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. TABLES INDICATING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CLIENTS AND COSTS INVOLVED IN EACH OF THE PROJECTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE TEXT. SINCE A MAJORITY OF THE PROJECTS APPROACHED THE PROBLEM OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY THROUGH COUNSELING, THE VALUE OF INNOVATIVE AND NOVEL CONCEPTS OF CRIME PREVENTION IS STRESSED AS A RECOMMENDED FUTURE GOAL FOR THE PROJECTS. ...KAP