NCJ Number
39723
Date Published
1976
Length
172 pages
Annotation
BOOKLET CONTAINS THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN'S SYMPOSIUM ON STATUS OFFENDERS, AT WHICH METHODS WERE DISCUSSED TO REDUCE THIS PROBLEM.
Abstract
PANELS WERE HELD ON TRUANTS, RUNAWAYS, INCORRIGIBLES, AND CURRENT TRENDS, AT WHICH A NUMBER OF EMINENT PERSONS IN THE FIELD OF JUVENILE STATUS OFFENSES SPOKE. PARTICIPANTS DISCUSSED SOLUTIONS TO SOLVING THIS PROBLEM, WHICH AFFECTS HALF OF THE ESTIMATED 2 MILLION CHILDREN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY EACH YEAR. A CONCLUDING PANEL AT THE SYMPOSIUM DISCUSSED WAYS OF IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THE PROPOSALS THAT WERE MADE....BS