Status Offender Legislation and the Courts.

Colley, Lori L.; Culbertson, Robert G.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Status Offender Legislation and the Courts.

Colley, Lori L.; Culbertson, Robert G.

Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabilitation, v12 n2 p41-56 Spr-Sum 1988

Examined records of 558 juveniles sheltered at short-term residential facility for five years to determine effect of Illinois' Minor Requiring Authoritative Intervention (MRAI) statute on status offenders. Results indicated that dispositions of clients MRAI legislation were not significantly different from earlier dispositions under old Minor in Need of Supervision statute. (Author/BH)

Descriptors: Court Litigation, Courts, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Juvenile Courts, Residential Institutions, State Legislation, Youth Problems

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