Response of Organization and Community to a Deinstitutionalization Strategy

• NCJ Number: 84061
• Journal: Crime and Delinquency Volume: 28 Issue: 3 Dated: (July 1982) Pages: 426-449
• Author(s): I A Spergel; J P Lynch; F G Reamer; J Korbelik
• Date Published: 1982
• Length: 24 pages
• Grant Number(s): 78-JN-AX-9994; 76-JN-99-0011; 76-NI-99-9948
• Sponsoring Agency: Illinois Law Enforcement Cmssn (see Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority); Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Adapted from a paper presented at the International Symposium on 'Sociological Perspectives on Delinquency Prevention.' (International Document and Study Centre for Conflicts of Youth, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, West Germany, in cooperation with the Research Committee for the Sociology of Deviance and Social Control, International Sociological Association, April 8-11, 1981.

Annotation

An Illinois statewide program to remove status offenders from detention was a partial success.

Abstract

Substantially fewer youths were referred to detention but more youths than expected were classified as detainable and subjected to court and agency processing. This may have been due in large measure to organizational self-interest and the weakness or fragmentation of community structure. (Author abstract)