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Planning Community-Based Facilities for Violent Juvenile Offenders as Part of a System of
Graduated Sanctions
Publication year:
2005
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The "use of small, secure, community-based or regional facilities to house serious, violent, and/or chronic juvenile offenders" is discussed (p. 1). This bulletin is comprised of the following sections: background; advantages of small, community-based facilities; a systemic approach to facility planning -- participatory planning and building consensus among stakeholders, juvenile justice system assessment, and system master plan; the facility development process -- building a foundation for planning a facility, developing the facility master plan, design, construction, and transition; getting started -- funding considerations; summary; and sample programs -- Fulton Treatment Center (MO), Jackson County Youth Center (MI), and Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center (WI).