2023 · Study · English
Policy Implications and Cost of Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency: A Willingness Survey of College-Educated-Adults for Communities That Care
Arungwa, S., & Osho, G. S.
Arungwa, S., & Osho, G. S. (2023). Policy Implications and Cost of Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency: A Willingness Survey of College-Educated-Adults for Communities That Care. Journal of Sociological Research, 15(1), 32. doi.org/10.5296/jsr.v15i1.17481
Summary
Exploratory paper in the Journal of Sociological Research on the cost of preventing juvenile delinquency, approached through a “willingness survey” of college-educated adults regarding support for Communities That Care, which the authors label WITS4CTC. They argue that juvenile crime is experienced at the level of the local community, where national statistics can lull residents into thinking their own neighbourhood is unaffected, and that latent support for community prevention among educated adults and colleges is under-explored. The paper aims to draw policy recommendations from the survey and to serve as a starting model for future studies from this perspective. The published abstract reports no sample size, response data or quantitative results, and the paper should be read as a position piece rather than an empirical evaluation. It is included here for completeness as one of the few attempts to ask what publics are willing to contribute to CTC-style prevention.