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37 Fed. Probation 13 (1973)
Preventing Delinquency through Diversion: The Sacramento County 601 Diversion Project

handle is hein.journals/fedpro37 and id is 15 raw text is: PREVENTING DELINQUENCY THROUGH DIVERSION 1951-Observations on Imprisonment as a Source of Criminality, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 41: 311-319. Cline, H. 1968-The Determinants of Normative Patterns in Correctional Institutions, Scandinavian Studies in Criminology, 2: 173-184. Cohen, A. 1955-Delinquent Boys. New York: Free Press. Cressey, D. R. 1958-The Nature and Effectiveness of Correctional Techniques, Law and Contemporary Problems, 23: 754-771. 1965-Prison Organizations, in J. G. March (ed.), Handbook of Organizations. Chicago: Rand-Mc- Nally. Gibbons, D. C. 1962-Some Notes on Treatment Theory in Correc- tions, The Social Service Review, 36: 295-305. Grusky, 0. 1957-Treatment Goals and Organizational Behavior, unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Michigan. Kassebaum, G., Ward, D., and Wilner, D. 1971-Prison Treatment and Parole Survival. New York: John Wiley. McCorkle, L. W., and Korn, R. 1954-Resocialization Within Walls, The Annals, 293: 88-98. Mathiesen, T. 1971-Across the Boundaries of Organizations. Berkeley: Glendessary Press. Ohlin, L. 1956-Sociology and the Field of Corrections. New York: Social Science Research Council. Sarri, R., and Vinter, R. 1965-Group Treatment Strategies in Juvenile Cor- rectional Institutions, Crime and Delinquency, 11: 326-340. Schrag, C. 1954-Leadership Among Prison Inmates, American Sociological Review, 19: 37-42. Street, D. 1965-Inmates in Custodial and Treatment Settings, American Sociological Review, 30: 40-65. Street, D., Vinter, R., and Perrow, C. 1966-Organization for Treatment. New York: Free Press. Sykes, G. 1958-Society of Captives. Princeton: Princeton Uni- versity Press. Sykes, G., and Messinger, S. 1960-The Inmate Social Code and Its Functions, pp. 5-19 in Richard Cloward, et al. (eds.), Theoretical Studies in the Social Organization of the Prison. New York: Social Science Research Council. Thomas, C., and Foster, S. 1971-Prisonization and Criminalization in the Inmate Contraculture, unpublished paper presented to the American Sociological Association convention, Denver, Colorado, August. Thomas, C., and Miller, M. 1971-Adult Resocialization in Coercive Organiza- tions, unpublished paper presented to the Eastern Sociological Association convention, New York City, April. Vinter, R. 1963-Analysis of Treatment Organizations, Social Work, 8: 3-15. Zald, M. 1963-Organizational Control Structures in Five Cor- rectional Institutions, American Journal of Soci- ology, 60: 335-345. Zald, M., and Street, D. 1964-Custody and Treatment in Juvenile Institu- tions, Crime and Delinquency, 10: 249-256. Preventing Delinquency Through Diversion: The Sacramento County 601 Diversion Project BY ROGER BARON, FLOYD FEENEY, AND WARREN THORNTON* LMOST from the beginning, the jurisdiction of the juvenile court has gone beyond youths violating the criminal law. Thus, in Illinois, where the first juvenile court law was adopted in 1899, jurisdiction over children in danger of be- coming involved in delinquent activities was added to the jurisdiction of the court at the very next legislative session.' This kind of jurisdiction was included in the juvenile court acts of other states and is the general pattern for the country as a whole. Section 601 of the Welfare and Institution *Mr. Baron is coordinator, Sacramento County Diver- sion Project, Center on Administration of Criminal Justice, University of California, Davis. Mr. Feeney is executive director of the Center and Mr. Thornton is chief probation officer for Sacramento County. Code is the California version of this law.2 It reads as follows: Any person under the age of 18 years who persist- ently or habitually refuses to obey the reasonable and proper orders or directions of his parents, guardian, custodian'or school authorities, or who is beyond the control of such person, or any person who is a habitual truant from school within the meaning of any law of this State, or who from any cause is in danger of lead- ing an idle, dissolute, lewd, or immoral life, is within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may ad- judge such person to be a ward of the court. In practice section 601 is restricted almost wholly to youths who run away from home, are beyond control of their parents, or who are truants. I Revised Laws of Illinois, 1901, pp. 141-42. See also Revised Laws of Illinois, 1899, pp. 131-37. In Gonzalcz v. Mailliard, U.S. Northern District of California No. 50424, (Feb. 9, 1971), a three-judge Federal court held the portion of section 601 bringing within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court a person who from any cause is in danger of leading an idle, dissolute, lewd, or immoral life unconstitutionally vague.

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