Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and Runaway Youth, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Equal Opportunities Of....

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Page 189 - It proposes a plan whereby he may be treated, not as a criminal or one legally charged with crime, but as a ward of the State, to receive practically the care, custody and discipline that are accorded the neglected and dependent child, and which, as the Act states, "shall approximate as nearly as may be that which should be given by its parents.
Page 190 - If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them...
Page 3 - Commissioner at such time or times, in such manner and containing or accompanied by such information as the Commissioner deems necessary.
Page 414 - Congress finds that the high incidence of crime in the United States threatens the peace, security, and general welfare of the Nation and its citizens. To prevent crime and to insure the greater safety of the people, law enforcement efforts must be better coordinated, intensified, and made more effective at all levels of government.
Page 8 - Commission and shall be entitled to reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties as members of the Commission.
Page 8 - The Council shall meet at the call of the Chairman but not less often than four times a year.
Page 408 - Grants to encourage and support research and development to improve and strengthen all activities pertaining to crime prevention or reduction and enforcement of the criminal law...
Page 2 - State; ( 12) provide within two years after submission of the plan that juveniles who are charged with or who have committed offenses that would not be criminal if committed by an adult, shall not be placed in juvenile detention or correctional facilities, but must be placed in shelter facilities...
Page 107 - ... 33 persons who have training, experience, or special knowledge concerning the prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency or the administration of juvenile justice...

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