CHAPTER FIFTEEN

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CHAPTER FIFTEEN

• DELINQUENCY PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION

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Diversion

• What is it?
• CAB
• Meet with youth and parents
• Agreement made
• Evaluation of program
• 24 reoffended before diversion
• 19 reoffended after diversion
• What is the impact of diversion?

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Early Pre-Delinquent Intervention and Prevention

• What is it and why is it important?
• Perry Preschool program
• Low income families with 34 years olds
• 2 year program
• Home visits by teachers
• Results
• Less delinquency
• Less involvement in serious fights
• Fewer arrests when older

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Project Head Start

• Began in the 1960s
• Set up to get disadvantaged preschoolers to the
  same level as other children when they start
  school
• Some studies show educational improvement

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Prenatal and Infancy Home Visitation by Nurses

• 15 year study
• Targeted at low-income, at-risk women pregnant
  with first child
• How is it conducted
• Results
• 79 fewer verified reports of child abuse
• 44 fewer problems with substance abuse
• 69 fewer maternal arrests
• 60 fewer runaways of child
• 56 fewer arrests of child
• How much does it cost?

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Risk-Focused Prevention Programs

• Correct potential problems
• Services for at risk youth
• Referrals from
• School
• Police
• SHIELD Program

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School-Based Programs

• Start in preschool
• Target low-income, high-risk families
• Contact families of children with serious
  behavioral problems
• Home visitation
• Network of parents

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Community-Based Programs

• Successful programs combine
• Holistic approach
• All major players included
• Long-term planning
• Hands Without Guns
• YAC

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Job Services

• Job Corp
• Education and training program
• Whats the goal?
• 80 placed in jobs or in school
• Apprenticeship programs
• Occupy time and earn money
• Teach marketable trade

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Recreational Programs

• Midnight basketball
• Boys and Girls Clubs in DC
• Educational workshops
• Assist in park maintenance
• Recreational activities
• Benefits
• Contribute to community
• Work ethic
• Nature and environment

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Programs for Status Offenses

• Curfew and truancy
• Deinstitutionalization
• Phoenix program
• Catch for curfew
• Take to central location
• Parents pick up
• Patrol officer back on street
• What are the benefits?

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What Does and Does Not Work

• What doesnt work
• Scared straight
• Why doesnt it work?
• What does work
• Characteristics
• Caring adults
• High standards and expectations
• Parental involvement
• Holistic
• Long-term
• Cost effectiveness

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Teen Courts

• Phenomenon of 90s
• 1st time offenders
• Referred by juvenile justice system
• Takes advantage of one of the most powerful
  forces in life of a juvenile
• Benefits
• Accountability
• Timeliness
• Cost savings
• Community cohesion

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Teen Courts (contd)

• Types
• Adult judge model
• Youth judge model
• Youth tribunal
• Peer jury model
• Dispositions
• Community service
• Letter of apology
• Written essay
• Restitution
• Jury duty

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Teen Courts (contd)

• How strict are teens on other teens?
• Problems
• Effectiveness
• April 2002 report by OJJDP
• Studied teen courts in Alaska, Arizona, Maryland
  and Missouri
• Recidivism rate less than ½
• Outcomes other than recidivism
• Teen satisfaction
• Improved attitudes
• Greater knowledge

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Review

• What is diversion?
• Know the outcomes of the CAB program
• What is the Perry Preschool program?
• What does Project Head Start do?
• Know the results of the Prenatal and Infancy Home
  Visitation by Nurses program
• What is the SHIELD program?

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Review

• How are the successful school-based programs run?
• What is Hands Without Guns?
• What is YAC?
• What does Job Corp. do and what are the results?
• What is midnight basketball?
• What does the DC Boys and Girls Club do?

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Review

• What is deinstitutionalization of status
  offenses?
• Know the Phoenix curfew program
• Why doesnt Scared Straight work?
• What does work?
• What are the benefits of teen courts?
• What do teen courts take advantage of?
• What are the 4 types of teen courts

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Review

• What are possible dispositions in teen court?
• How do teens sentence other teens?
• Know the outcome of the April 2002 OJJDP study
• What are the 3 outcomes other than recidivism for
  teen courts?

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DELINQUENCY PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION

• END CHAPTER FIFTEEN