Early Identification of the Serious Habitual Juvenile Offender Using a Birth Cohort in Philadelphia, 1958-1984

Beginning in the mid-1980s, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) funded the creation of Habitual Offender Units (HOUs) in 13 cities. HOUs were created to prosecute habitual juvenile offenders by deploying the most experienced attorneys to handle these cases from start to...

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Main Author: Weiner, Neil Alan (Author)
Format: Electronic Research Data
Language:English
Published: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] 1998
In:Year: 1998
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
arrest records
career criminals
Case processing
criminal histories
felony offenses
Intervention
Juvenile Offenders
Prosecution
Recidivism prediction
recidivists
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