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California Youth Authority
The California Youth Authority (CYA), the largest youth correctional system in the United States, houses approximately 6,000 juveniles and young adults in 11 institutions and 4 forestry camps. An additional 4,000 are under parole supervision. Operating under a treatment-and-training concept, the CYA provides an extensive array of programs that includes academic education, vocational training and work experience, sex offender treatment, substance abuse treatment, specialized counseling, and intensive mental health treatment. Through its Office of Prevention and Victims Services, the Youth Authority assists local justice agencies in delinquency prevention and intervention and provides services to victims of youth crime.
The Origin of the CYA
The establishment of the CYA in 1941 through legislative action is often cited as a turning point in American juvenile correctional history. The ...
- Delinquency Theories and Theorists
- Albert Cohen
- Biological Theories
- Clifford Shaw
- Cycle of Violence
- Edwin Sutherland
- Fredrick Thrasher
- Henry McKay
- James Short
- Joan McCord
- Lamar T. Empey
- Lloyd Ohlin
- Marvin Wolfgang
- Psychological Theories
- Richard Cloward
- Ruth Shonle Cavan
- Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck
- Sociological Theories
- Solomon Kobrin
- Stanley G. Hall
- Thorsten Sellin
- Travis Hirschi
- Walter Miller
- Walter Reckless
- Historical References: People and Projects
- Delinquent Behavior
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- police responses to delinquency
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- Juvenile Law and Legislative Initiatives
- California Street Terrorism Enforcement & Prevention
- California Youth Authority
- Death Penalty
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- Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
- Juvenile Law
- National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges
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- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- parens patriae
- Parental liability laws
- Waivers to Adult Court
- Juvenile Issues and Public Policy
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