Developing a policy for controlled substance testing of juveniles

by Ann H. Crowe

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Published 2000 by U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants Program in [Washington, DC] .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Juvenile delinquents -- Drug testing -- United States,
• Drug abuse -- Treatment -- United States,
• Juvenile probation -- United States

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Edition Notes

Statement	Ann H. Crowe and Linda Sydney.
Series	JAIBG bulletin
Contributions	Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants Program (U.S.)
The Physical Object
Pagination	11 p. ;
Number of Pages	11
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL17595913M
OCLC/WorldCa	44947808

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Third, a systematic review of transfers of juveniles to the criminal justice system found that this policy does not pass the litmus test of reducing violence. Instead, “transferred juveniles are 34% more likely to be re-arrested for a violent or other crime than are juveniles retained” in the juvenile justice system (McGowan et al, , p. A 'read' is counted each time someone views a publication summary (such as the title, abstract, and list of authors), clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the full-text.

INTERNAL AFFAIRS POLICY AND PROCEDURE This unit introduces the trainee to the basic provisions of the Attorney General guidelines for Internal Affairs Policy and Procedure, which are applicable to all law enforcement agencies under the File Size: KB. The Department of Justice (DOJ) provides training and technical assistance (TTA) to further practical and specialized knowledge to implement and enhance justice system efforts. DOJ supports training and technical assistance that is both specifically geared toward tribes and across broader topic areas. DOJ provides subject matter-based training. TheBoard, by extraordinary regulation and without regard to the requirements ofsubsections 1, 2 and 3 of NRS may schedule a substance in schedule I, whether or not the substance issubstantially similar to a controlled substance included in schedule I or II,if the Board finds that scheduling of the substance by extraordinary regulationis.

There are at home drug-testing kits that test for specific drugs. Almost any pharmacy will have behind the counter drug tests that do not require a prescription. Most testing kits cost somewhere between $ to $ The testing kits for specific drugs include marijuana and cocaine. These kits will test only for those drugs. Focused deterrence strategies generally target a specific type or group of offenders, such as youth gang members or repeat violent offenders. Many focused deterrence interventions have primarily targeted incidents of homicide and serious violence (criminal activities that usually involve chronic offenders) in urban settings (Kennedy ). In five of the eight police agencies (63 percent), eligible non-white juveniles were diverted less often than their white peers—particularly for theft cases—even when all other factors were controlled for or the same. 4 Additionally, juveniles who were older, from single parent or low income households, and/or had prior justice system.