PROJECT CRIME (COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH TO IMPROVE METHODS OF EVALUATION - PROJECT REPORT 1 - AN EVALUATION OF COMMUNITY-BASED PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO JUVENILE COURT SERVICES PROJECT

• NCJ Number: 35143
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 100 pages
• Grant Number(s): 75-NI-99-0104
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Assoc of Central Oklahoma Governments
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EVALUATION OF A PROJECT TO DECREASE DELINQUENCY AND INCREASE DIVERSION OF JUVENILES FROM THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN OKLAHOMA CITY BY PROVIDING INTENSIVE PROBATION AND YOUTH SERVICES COUNSELING IN TROUBLED AREAS OF THE CITY.

Abstract

THE PROJECT ORGANIZED YOUTH-SERVING CENTERS IN THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST QUADRANTS OF THE CITY IN RESPONSE TO A SURVEY WHICH IDENTIFIED THESE SECTORS AS PROVIDING 61 PERCENT OF THE REFERRALS TO THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY JUVENILE COURT. PROBATION COUNSELORS PROVIDED MORE INTENSIVE SUPERVISION TO A SMALLER CASELOAD AND CONDUCTED MORE INTENSIVE FAMILY COUNSELING WHILE YOUTH SERVICES COUNSELORS WORKED IN CLOSER PROMIXITY TO PREDELINQUENT REFERRALS. FINDINGS INCLUDE THE NUMBER OF JUVENILES ADJUDICATED DELINQUENT OR IN NEED OF SUPERVISION, THE PERCENTAGE OF THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT'S CASELOAD FROM TARGET AREAS, AND THE NUMBER OF TARGET AREA COMMITMENTS TO STATE JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS WERE REDUCED. METHODS OF INCREASING PROJECT DATA AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF THE PROJECT WERE BEING DEVELOPED.