SOUTH CAROLINA - DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES - ANALYSIS OF COMMITMENTS, FY 1973, 1974

• NCJ Number: 32178
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 66 pages
• Corporate Author: South Carolina Dept of Youth Services
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS REPORT PROVIDES BASIC STATISTICAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE JUVENILE POPULATIONS IN SOUTH CAROLINA EVALUATION CENTERS AND INSTITUTIONS.

Abstract

TWO APPROACHES WERE USED IN THIS STUDY. IN THE FIRST SECTION, STATISTICAL DATA ON THE ORIGINS OF CLIENTS IN TERMS OF INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES AND COURT SYSTEMS IS PRESENTED. THE DATA WAS PROVIDED IN AN EFFORT TO DISCERN THE DIFFERENCES IN COMMITMENT PATTERNS BETWEEN DIFFERENT POPULATION SIZED COUNTIES, AS WELL AS BETWEEN FAMILY AND PROBATE COURTS. THE SECOND SECTION PRESENTS STATISTICAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA BASED ON A TEN PERCENT RANDOM SAMPLING OF THE TWO SEGMENTS OF THE COMMITTED POPULATION, BOTH CRIMINAL AND STATUS, IN THE TWO DIAGNOSTIC CENTERS AND FOUR OPERATING FACILITIES DURING 1972-1974. THIS DATA IS ANALYZED IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENCES IN GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STATUS AND CRIMINAL OFFENDERS COMMITTED TO THE YOUTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT FACILITIES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)