NCJ Number
140206
Date Published
1990
Length
48 pages
Annotation
A review of juvenile transportation in Virginia found it was inefficient to have fully trained and equipped deputy sheriffs transport nonviolent, low-risk juveniles from detention homes to medical, dental, and other service appointments.
Abstract
Virginia's Department of Youth Services analyzed the costs involved in having juvenile detention home personnel provide such transportation, based on a 1-year pilot project at four sites throughout the State. The analysis showed that juvenile transportation could be more efficiently and appropriately provided by juvenile detention home personnel. It was also found that the number of transports could be reduced by providing some services in detention homes on a purchase-of-service basis. Detention home operators indicated a willingness to transport low-risk juveniles to local service appointments, as long as additional resources were provided, but agreed that sheriffs should continue to transport high-risk juveniles and be responsible for court- related transports and transports between detention centers. Appendixes provide supplemental information on the juvenile transportation study.