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| NCJ Number:
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NCJ 114888
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| Title:
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Assessment of Model Programs for the Chronic Status Offenders and Their Families
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| Corporate Author:
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Community Research Associates
United States
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National Institute of Justice/
NCJRS paper reproduction
Box 6000, Dept F
Rockville, MD 20849
United States
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
United States
Community Research Associates
115 North Neil
Suite 302
Champaign, IL 61820
United States |
| Publication Date:
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1987 |
| Pages:
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22 |
| Type:
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Program/project description/evaluations |
| Origin:
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United States |
| Language:
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English |
| Contract No.:
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OJP-85-C-007 |
| Annotation:
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In 1974, a set of circumstances -- a child locked in an adult facility, a judge frustrated by the system's inability to respond to the child, and an offer from a member of a monastic order -- led to the establishment of Samaritan house in Ohio County, W. Va. |
| Abstract:
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Samaritan House, the State's first emergency shelter, provides nonsecure shelter for 12 males, 12 to 18 years old and a full range of services, including job skills training, aftercare counseling, sexual abuse counseling, and alternative school programming. Most of the youth are status offenders, runaways, or those removed from their homes by court order. In 1986, the shelter served 91 adolescents. Since then, other programs for chronic status offenders and their families have been developed. These include Helsinki Emergency Shelter, which provides crisis counseling alternative schooling and day program services for male and female clients in a rural setting. Within the Helsinki Center, the Youth Services System operates a diagnostic unit for the formal evaluation of female adjudicated delinquents. In addition to testing, staff counsels clients on issues such as goal-setting, self-disclosure, and peer relations. The Northern Regional Juvenile Detention Center, run on a contract held by the Youth Services System, offers residential care for 12 youth, serves as the agency's headquarters, and houses several day programs. The agency also operates a two-phase, coeducational independent living program that offers life skills training, group sessions, individual counseling, and supervised independent living. Day programs include educational and vocational services, outreach for street youth, and community and aftercare counseling. |
| Main Term(s):
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Juvenile treatment methods |
| Index Term(s):
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Juvenile status offenders ; Juvenile shelter care ; Juvenile residential treatmt centers ; Juvenile educational services ; Juvenile vocational training ; West Virginia |
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