{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["011:21"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Open Data Office of Justice Programs (USDOJ)", "hasEmail": "mailto:opendata@usdoj.gov"}, "dataQuality": false, "description": "This data collection focuses on status offenders--those\r\njuveniles who commit acts (such as running away, habitual truancy, and\r\npossession of alcohol) that are forbidden to minors but not to adults.\r\nThe purpose of this study was to connect legislative intent, service\r\ndelivery systems, and youth responses in order to provide guidelines\r\nfor future status offender legislation and practice. In the selection\r\nof sampling sites, three categories of intervention philosophy were\r\nrepresented: (1) deterrence, which recommends sanctions and control\r\nthrough the juvenile justice system, (2) treatment, which recommends\r\nemotional adjustment strategies through the community mental health\r\nsystem, and (3) normalization, which recommends little or no\r\nprofessional response. Respondents from youth service agencies in seven\r\ncities in the United States were asked about service delivery system\r\ncharacteristics (such as types of referral sources, how often they were\r\nused, and length of client service period), organizational\r\ncharacteristics (such as public versus private auspices, sources of\r\nfunding, and educational level of staff), and youth characteristics\r\n(such as family situation, school status, and educational attainment of\r\nprincipal adults in the home). Demographic variables for status\r\noffenders included gender, race, age, and type of residence. Interviews\r\nwith youths were also conducted and included a self-concept scale, by\r\nwhich youths could categorize themselves as delinquent, disturbed,\r\nand/or conforming. The units of analysis for this study are the\r\nindividual and the youth service agency.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06039.v1", "title": "Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenders: a Study of Intervention Practices for Youth in Seven Cities in the United States, 1987-1991"}], "identifier": "4024", "issued": "1994-05-20T00:00:00", "keyword": ["deterrence", "intervention", "intervention strategies", "juvenile offenders", "legislation", "status offenses", "treatment programs"], "language": ["eng"], "license": "http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/", "modified": "2005-11-04T00:00:00", "programCode": ["011:000"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention", "subOrganizationOf": {"acronym": "OJP", "id": 22, "name": "Office of Justice Programs", "parentOrganization": {"acronym": "DOJ", "id": 10, "name": "Department of Justice"}, "parentOrganizationID": 10}}, "title": "Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenders: a Study of Intervention Practices for Youth in Seven Cities in the United States, 1987-1991"}