Trends in juvenile detention and steps toward reform

Summary of available data about juvenile detention during the 1980s and 1990s - factors affecting the detention population - a new definition of detention allowing for varying types of facilities and programs in which juveniles could be detained pending placement - would address public safety needs...

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Published in:Crime and delinquency 1998-10, Vol.44 (4), p.544-560
Main Authors: Wordes, Madeline, Jones, Sharon M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Correction (penology)
Correctional institutions
Crime
DETENTION
Detention centres
Gender
Government programmes
Imprisonment
Juvenile Correctional Institutions
Juvenile corrections
Juvenile delinquency
Juvenile delinquents
Juvenile detention homes
Juvenile Offenders
Law
Law enforcement
Penal Reform
Population density
Prison Culture
Public policy
Race
Reform
Reforms
Rehabilitation of criminals
Rehabilitation of juvenile offenders
Social conditions & trends
Statistics
Trends
United States
United States of America
USA
YOUNG OFFENDERS
Youth custody centres
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Summary:Summary of available data about juvenile detention during the 1980s and 1990s - factors affecting the detention population - a new definition of detention allowing for varying types of facilities and programs in which juveniles could be detained pending placement - would address public safety needs - use less restrictive environments - the problem of an increasing detention population needs to be addressed by local, state and national authorities.
ISSN:0011-1287
1552-387X
DOI:10.1177/0011128798044004005