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Delinquency Treatment and Intervention, Working Document

NCJ Number
162969
Author(s)
R A Silverman; J H Creechan
Date Published
1995
Length
100 pages
Annotation
This report overviews the broad social context of juvenile delinquency in the United States and Canada and describes now both legal and nonlegal mechanisms interact to prevent, reduce, and rehabilitate.
Abstract
The report is divided into four distinct sections: (1) historical response to juvenile delinquency; (2) traditional and classical approaches used to prevent, control, and rehabilitate juvenile delinquents; (3) current juvenile delinquency treatment and prevention programs; and (4) possible strategies for research aimed at prevention, control, and rehabilitation. The emergence of community prevention programs in the United States and Canada is discussed, and directions taken by the two countries to prevent juvenile delinquency and to improve the juvenile justice system are examined. Juvenile delinquency prevention programs are classified as predelinquent, preadjudication, and postadjudication intervention. The effectiveness of recent and innovative programs to prevent, reduce, and control juvenile delinquency is assessed. Policy recommendations to improve juvenile delinquency prevention programs are offered that focus on probation, serious juvenile delinquents, early intervention, violence reduction, community-based treatment, secure custody, and aftercare. 138 references, 1 table, and 2 figures