NCJ Number
62010
Editor(s)
M KRAVITZ
Date Published
1980
Length
46 pages
Annotation
THE SELECTIONS IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH ABSTRACTS ARE DRAWN FROM THE NCJRS COLLECTION AND REPRESENT SOME OF THE MOST RELEVANT AND USEFUL STUDIES ABOUT INNOVATIVE NONRESIDENTIAL TREATMENT OF JUVENILES.
Abstract
THE 128 CITATIONS, WITH PUBLICATION DATES SPANNING THE 1970'S, ARE INTENDED TO FACILITATE JUVENILE JUSTICE PLANNERS' ACCESSIBILITY TO OTHERS' STUDIES, PROGRAMS, AND INSIGHTS INTO COMMON PROBLEMS. THE ENTRIES ARE SUBDIVIDED INTO 10 TOPICAL SECTIONS, BEGINNING WITH THE PROBATION OFFICER AS SOCIAL WORKER. ANOTHER SUBDIVISION, INTENSIVE PROBATION, PRESENTS WORKS ON SAMPLE PROGRAM STRUCTURES, PROGRAM GUIDELINES, STUDIES OF CASELOAD SIZE, AND EVALUATIONS, WHILE YET ANOTHER, ON CONTRACT PROBATION, COVERS MATERIALS ON THE NATURE AND ADVANTAGES OF BEHAVIORAL CONTRACTS FOR PROBATIONERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. IN ADDITION, A FOURTH SECTION CITES EVALUATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF PEER GROUP COUNSELING PROGRAMS, PROJECTS THAT EXPLOIT JUVENILES' NEED FOR PEER ACCEPTANCE. FAMILY COUNSELING IS ANOTHER CATEGORY DEALING WITH PROGRAMS THAT RECOGNIZE AND TREAT JUVENILE PROBLEMS AS PART OF THE LARGER FAMILY SITUATION. HERE, SHORT-TERM CRISIS INTERVENTION APPROACHES FOR BOTH JUVENILE OFFENDERS AND PREDELINQUENTS ARE INCLUDED. TEAM AND SCHOOL PROBATION AND VOLUNTEERS IN PROBATION ARE FURTHER SUBJECT CATEGORIES, THE LATTER COVERING LITERATURE IN PROBATION ON THE COST OF IMPLEMENTING VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS AND ON THE TRAINING APPROACHES FOR DEVELOPING ROLE EFFECTIVENESS OF VOLUNTEERS IN JUVENILE JUSTICE. RESTITUTION AND SHORT-TERM, HIGH-IMPACT PROGRAMS ARE THE REMAINING CATEGORIES. THE SHORT-TERM PROGRAMS USE PHYSICAL CHALLENGES AND PERCEIVED DANGER AS ELEMENTS IN REHABILITATION PROGRAMS. INFORMATION ON HOW TO OBTAIN THE DOCUMENTS IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY IS PRESENTED. AN AUTHOR INDEX IS ALSO PROVIDED.