A Research-Based Proposal for a Community Program of Delinquency Prevention

Eva Rosenfeld
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Eva Rosenfeld: Central Research Unit of the Jewish Board of Guardians in New York City

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1959, vol. 322, issue 1, 136-145

Abstract: Delinquent behavior among juveniles is a re sponse to a real difficulty in achieving commonly desired goals through conventional, law-abiding behavior; delinquency is also, especially among the more "sick," a way of handling inner strain and anxiety. A community program to reduce delinquency must provide encouragement and opportunities for legitimate success for those delinquents who can profit thereby. It must also locate and offer special support and treatment to those who are too sick to be able to abandon their delinquent way of life, even when such opportunities are made availabe. To be effective, such a program must provide all the vital opportunities and special services delinquency- prone youngsters need; make these easily accessible in the community in a co-ordinated fashion; and conduct ongoing evaluation designed to improve the manner of providing each service and to measure the total impact of the program.

Date: 1959
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