1. Juvenile Justice Standards Project, sponsored by the Institute of Judicial Administration and the American Bar Association. The Standards relating to Dispositions were of greatest importance for my purposes. See ABA\ IJA Juvenile Justice Standards, Standards Relating to Dispositions, Introduction (1982) Also important was a task force on sentencing policy, sponsored by the 20th Century Fund;Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Sentencing Policy Toward Young Offenders: Confronting Youth Crime,1978
2. State Legislative Responses to Violent Juvenile Crime: 1996-97 Update. According to the FBI, more juveniles were arrested for violent crime in 1991 and 1992 than in any other 2 year period in US history. See also Eric Fritsch & Craig Hemmens, An Assessment of Legislative Approaches to the Problem of Serious Juvenile Crime: A Case Study in Texas;Ojjdp Szymanski;The juvenile violent crime arrest rate increased 64% between 1988 and 1994. The number of juveniles arrested for murder more than doubled between the mid-1980s and the peak in 1993. Patricia Torbet & Linda,1973