Community Treatment of Juvenile Offenders: The DSO ExperimentsThe DSO (Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenders) Demonstration Projects sought to deinstitutionalise juveniles in the USA -- such as truants and runaways -- who commit acts that would not be crimes if they were adults. This book examines the outcome of the whole DSO experiment, and offers fresh insights into the nature of status offenders and juvenile delinquency. |
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Tables and Figures | 9 |
The Deinstitutionalization Program and Evaluation Designs | 39 |
Characteristics of Status Offenders | 58 |
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Alameda County analysis arrest assigned Clark County client recidivism coded commitment community-based Connecticut Cook County counseling criminal crisis intervention Delaware delinquent offenses detained differences diversion DSO program effect effort eight sites eligibility equation ethnicity explained variance facilities federal females foster homes funds gender gram group homes Hispanic Illinois implementation included initial instant offense institutions jurisdictions juvenile court juvenile justice system juvenile offenders labeling theory males ment minor in possession months multiservice national evaluation offense behavior Offense Pattern offense type OJJDP percent personnel Pima County program placement police population prior offenses prior record probation problem program clients program period program services program sites proportion reduced regression residential runaways sample secure confinement selection self-report service providers SERVNUM shelter six-month social South Carolina Spokane County staff status offender deinstitutionalization status offender program subsequent offenses Table tion Total treatment variables violations youth service agencies Youth Service Bureaus