NCJ Number
163891
Date Published
1996
Length
130 pages
Annotation
The Institute for Youth Services-Management provides the latest in theory, research, practice, and applications to local law enforcement agencies and youth services workers in Los Angeles County to improve their capacities for intervention and prevention in the areas of child abuse, neglect, youth crime, drug abuse, violence, and deviancy.
Abstract
One of the most significant goals achieved by the 1995 Institute was the development of collaborative law enforcement and community initiatives to reduce youth crime, violence, and substance abuse. Course work for the Institute, including presentations, workshops, readings, tutorials, and assignments were grouped around a series of modules, each integrated into the overall theme of the program. The Child Victimization Module focuses on the impact of child abuse and youth maltreatment on the juvenile justice system, with attention to "throwaway" children, the physical abuse of children, and female juvenile prostitution. The Module on Life Course Developmental patterns of youth crime and violence addresses family and school risk factors in delinquency; violence in schools; and a comprehensive strategy for intervening with serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders before their immersion into delinquency. The Service Delivery and Tertiary Prevention Module includes a discussion of problem-oriented and community policing approaches to youth crime. A Theoretical and Process Module focuses on gang and delinquency research and effective prevention efforts. Other modules pertain to professionals' interaction with wayward youth and attendant problems; primary prevention, diversion, and intervention; community-based primary prevention for pre- delinquents; the creation of alternatives; and instructional and cooperative learning. Various effective programs are also profiled, and results from the participant evaluation of the Institute are included. 52 references and a subject index