Citation

Clements CB. Crim. Justice Behav. 1975; 2(4): 358-371.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1975, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/009385487500200407

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A number of police-school liaison efforts have been reported, many of which focus on delinquency prevention and improved police-youth relations. This paper presents a general rationale for police prevention-diversion programs and describes a three-year project in which police teams were assigned to schools. Program features included job-specific training, supervision and consultation by a full-time psychologist, and numerous informal police-youth contacts. Student and teacher acceptance was high, most officers successfully moved into helping roles, and several specific benefits accrued to students.

Keywords: Juvenile justice

Language: en