Author: Chilenski, Sarah Meyer
Title: Reducing Youth Violence and Delinquency in Pennsylvania: PCCD's Research-Based Programs Initiative
Summary: This report details Pennsylvania's approach to effectively addressing juvenile crime. It presents case studies of model prevention programs being implemented throughout the Commonwealth, and describes the positive outcomes being seen in these communities.
Details: University Park, PA: Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development, Pennsylvania State University, 2007. 69p.
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Year: 2007
Country: United States
URL:
Shelf Number: 117566
Keywords:
Delinquency Prevention Programs (Pennsylvania)Juvenile Delinquency (Pennsylvania)Juvenile Offenders (Pennsylvania) |
Author: Iutcovich, Joyce Miller
Title: A Final Report for: Assessment of Aftercare Services Provided to Delinquent Youth
Summary: Juvenile crime in America has soared over the past decade. From 1984 to 1994 the homicide arrest rate for juveniles increased 160 percent. Many believe that juvenile delinquency will continue to increase as the size of our youth population grows. Recently, our news has been filled with reports about youths committing horrendous crimes. The school shootings during the 1997/98 academic year shocked our nation and raised the public cries to do something about youth violence. One area of juvenile corrections that has received an increasing emphasis and attention is the aftercare phase. Community-based aftercare is the parole phase of corrections, it "is the point at which the supposedly beneficial cumulative effects of the institutional 'treatment' experience are transferred to community settings, and are reinforced, monitored, and assessed". Intensive community-based aftercare services have evolved over the past decade as a means to improve the likelihood that juveniles released from secure confinement remain crime free rather than return to delinquency. But questions about the efficacy of these programs remain. Given this epidemic of juvenile delinquency and the new strategies and efforts to address this problem, it is of vital importance to gather information about what works and what doesn't work. To that end, this report represents the effort to collect and analyze evaluative data on the process and outcomes of two intensive aftercare programs for juvenile delinquents that have been implemented in Pennsylvania.
Details: Erie, PA: Keystone University Research Corporation, 1998. 122p.
Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 27, 2011 at: www.portal.state.pa.us
Year: 1998
Country: United States
URL:
Shelf Number: 122178
Keywords:
Juvenile AftercareJuvenile Offenders (Pennsylvania)Juvenile ParoleJuvenile ReentryRecidivism |
Author: Public Health Management Corporation
Title: An Assessment of the Needs of Latino Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System
Summary: This report summarizes the findings from an 18-month assessment of the needs of Latino youth ages 10-20 involved with the juvenile justice system and their parents in seven Pennsylvania counties: Adams, Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lehigh, Philadelphia, and York. A relatively high percentage of Latino youth in these counties are in contact with the juvenile justice system. This needs assessment was conducted by the Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) for the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency’s Disproportionate Minority Contact Subcommittee (DMC). PHMC was assisted by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) in identifying model programs and best practices in juvenile justice. The goal of this needs assessment is to identify the specific needs of Latino youth in the Pennsylvania juvenile justice system in the seven counties, including: Educational, employment, and housing needs; Need for ESL classes; Need for Spanish language translators and interpreters; Need for bilingual/bicultural staff in social service organizations, juvenile justice agencies and schools; Availability of orientation and other materials in Spanish; Existence of culturally competent alternatives to detention; and Special needs of immigrants, undocumented individuals, and youth who are, or who are alleged to be, gang members. This information will be used by the DMC to develop and implement strategies to address existing needs.
Details: Philadelphia, PA: Public Health Management Corporation, 2009. 80p.
Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 4, 2011 at: www.portal.state.pa.us
Year: 2009
Country: United States
URL:
Shelf Number: 122309
Keywords:
Hispanic AmericansJuvenile Offenders (Pennsylvania)Minority YouthRehabilitation, Juvenile OffendersTreatment Programs |
