This article advocates a 180-degree shift in the foundation on which youth policies are based-from fear to hope, prisons to prevention-and provides two concrete examples of National Crime Prevention Council programs that are built on just such a foundation. Two years ago, the schools in Washington, DC, opened three weeks late because of leaking roofs […]
Can the Massachusetts Juvenile System Survive the Eighties?
The authors, a former Commissioner and a former Deputy Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services, offer the thesis that the serious offender represents the ultimate test in any juvenile correctional system. They portray how the Massachusetts community-based correctional system has, in its first decade, met that test, and indicate what further work must […]
A Turning Point for Children and Troubled Families
In June 13-a Friday-the Congress passed the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of1980 (P.L. 96-272). It was an auspicious day for children. The new legislation is one of the most significant child welfare bills of the past two decades for it should mark a turning point in how we deal with children from troubled […]
Developing a Family Perspective
The following article is based on a proposal prepared by the author last fall after Massachusetts Governor Edward J. King had established a Family Advisory Committee. His proposal, written when he was Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services, focused on the role of the newly-formed Committee. Are most state-funded activities structured in such […]
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