TASK FORCE REPORT: JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND REPORT ON JUVENILE JUSTICE AND CONSULTANTS' PAPERS Task Force on Juvenile Delinquency THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AND For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. Price $2. Copies of the Commission's general report, "The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society," can be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents for $2.25. Copies of other task force reports and other supporting materials can also be purchased. Social With 12-4-81 FOREWORD In February of this year the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice issued its general report, "The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society." Chapter 3 of that report made findings and recommendations relating to the problems of juvenile delinquency and youth crime that face the Nation. Chapter 1 of this volume is an expanded version, with source materials, of the discussion of the juvenile justice system in chapter 3 of the general report. The section of the general report chapter dealing with prevention of delinquency is reprinted in this volume as chapter 2, with the addition of annotations to indicate source materials and further references. This volume also contains a number of papers, submitted to the Commission by consultants, which were drawn upon in the preparation of chapter 3 of the general report and are believed of value for background and reference. These are more fully described in the introduction. Inclusion of consultants' papers does not indicate endorsement by members of the Commission or its staff. The Commission's consideration of delinquency was originally seen as part of the work of the Assessment Task Force. It soon became clear, however, that the subject was so central that it was appropriate to deal with it separately. A grant to the Commission from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare helped make that fuller study possible. A panel of Commission members, designated by an asterisk in the list of the Commission that follows, had special responsibility for this area of the Commission's work. A number of members of the staff, especially those on the Assessment Task Force, devoted major portions of their time to the work on delinquency, and Susan Freeman Schapiro of the staff devoted her primary attention to it. As noted in the foreword to the general report, the Commission's undertaking was a joint one, involving the collaboration of Federal, State, local, and private agencies and groups, hundreds of expert consultants and advisers, and the Commission's own staff. The Commission is deeply grateful for the talent and dedication of its staff and for the unstinting assistance and advice of consultants, advisers, and collaborating agencies whose efforts are reflected in this volume. Micheles bob. Kehatal NICHOLAS DEB KATZENBACH |