This paper examines the impact of organizational factors on the rate at which juvenile courts commit referred youth to institutions. Analyzing a national sample, the paper demonstrates that both the rate at which cases are handled informally and the rate at which judges commit those youth who appear before them independently influence the overall…

This record of the testimony presented to the Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency of the Committee on the Judiciary concerns the problem of the juvenile status offender in Iowa. Running away, truancy, defiance of and refusal to submit to parental authority and promiscuity are defined and treated as status offenses. This problem is…

This is the fifth and final paper of a symposium on the evaluation of juvenile diversion programs by the Claremont Graduate School Center for Applied Social Research. The first four papers deal with specific methodologies used to obtain information at each of four levels of evaluation: general project management, description of the intervention,…

The clinical evaluation package used in this study was designed to: (1) develop an instrument capable of generating client typologies for counselees in juvenile diversion programs; (2) develop a measure of the counseling process that could differentiate client services received in such counseling programs; and (3) provide the programs with a…

This publication is the report of a study of the nationwide youth services bureau effort undertaken by the youth authority of California at the request of the Youth Development and Delinquency Prevention Administration in 1971. Questionnaires (dealing with types of program, organization, program administration, funding, staff, clients, and primary…

Meeting the interwoven psychological and environmental needs of delinquent youngsters involves four differential treatment functions: behavior adjustment, growth counseling, child advocacy, and social change. Mental health counselors and juvenile-justice-system workers can coordinate their efforts toward comprehensive treatment by analyzing their…

The authors contend that diversion of youth from the juvenile justice system may be seen as potentially dangerous and harmful, and they present several arguments against expansion of diversionary services. (Author)

Presents information about the Juvenile Court Code of 1971, Title 24A of the Georgia Code and how it is used to deal with status offenders through community agencies. (HLM)

An argument for a closer relationship between the American legal system and developmental research in such areas as foster care, child abuse, and child custody. (BRT)

The primary areas in which Broward County, Florida visiting teachers (one for about 6000 children) serve the schools are student welfare and attendance. Student welfare problems usually fall into one or more of these categories; financial, emotional, scholastic, health. Student attendance problems fall into two categories: truancy and…

Describes child advocacy, its application to the juvenile court setting, and conflict between the underlying assumptions of child advocacy principles and the juvenile court system. Presents alternative methods for applying child advocacy methods in the context of the current juvenile justice system. (Author/MJL)

Contrary to most sociological researchers' assumptions, (1) intake workers in juvenile courts regard court appearance as the more lenient screening option; (2) base their screening decisions on considerations not directly related to the individual offender; and (3) develop records that deliberately obscure their actual case handling. (Author/GC)

Runaways have existed throughout American history. It is imperative to develop a context and perspective to understand running away and to formulate responsive and appropriate social policies to address this problem. (Author/NRB)

The legislative actions taken by California from 1977 through 1979 are discussed in detail. The purpose behind this legislation is to help prevent and identify criminal and violent behavior in schools. (JN)