Residential Alternatives to Juvenile Detention

• NCJ Number: 86001
• Author(s): N F Dussault; R D Knudten; L H Bowker; M S Knudten; W J Gingerich; D R Buckholdt
• Date Published: 1979
• Length: 324 pages
• Grant Number(s): 78-JN-AX-0021
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Socio-Environmental Research Ctr, Limited
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This document addresses the major management issues involved in creating alternative programs to the detention of juveniles and examines problems associated with providing effective services, obtaining funding sources, and meeting changing client needs.

Abstract

Particular emphasis is placed on program survival in a changing resource setting as well as on the day-to-day issues of management. Among the latter are staff recruitment, operational policies, professional services, financial and legal issues, recordkeeping concerns, management of physical facilities, community relationships, and evaluation and planning techniques. Further, focus is directed to the demands various treatment modes place on the management of facilities. Finally, the report advances four models for organizing residential alternatives to juvenile detention which reflect solutions to management problems in several community settings. The types of organizational models represented are the grassroots organizational model, the publicly funded community-based contract network model, grant-funded service clusters, and publicly operated agency. Appendixes contain sample personnel policies, staff schedules and various client information forms.