Intermediate treatment and juvenile justice : key findings and implications from a national survey of intermediate treatment policy and practice

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Intermediate treatment and juvenile justice : key findings and implications from a national survey of intermediate treatment policy and practice

by Anthony Bottoms ... [et al.] ; in collaboration with John Pratt

HMSO, 1990

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Bibliography: p. 188-192

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The term "intermediate treatment" was created in the 1968 White Paper which preceded the enactment of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969, a welfare-orientated statute on juvenile justice. Since then, how has intermediate treatment (IT) developed? A national survey was undertaken by the University of Cambridge Institute of Criminology, whose fieldwork on IT policy and provision was carried out in 1984-5 for the whole of England and Wales. This report is based on their policy interviews in 95 social services departments and 53 probation districts, plus information obtained from over 1200 local IT projects. It describes varying policy approaches to IT in different social services departments; tensions between social services departments and local probation services; and the common practice of mixing different kinds of clients with local IT provision. Some interim policy recommendations are offered, based on this collection of data. Following the national survey, the research team has carried out further intensive fieldwork to assess how effective IT has been. The results of this work are currently being processed.

Table of Contents

  • Intermediate treatment policy in social services departments
  • intermediate treatment policy and the probation service
  • intermediate treatment in practice - the units of provision
  • policy discussion
  • Appendicies: a definition of intermediate treatment
  • a description of a random sample of units of IT provision.

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  • NCID
    BA13322874
  • ISBN
    • 0113212658
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    vi, 192 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Classification
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