Case #1451.1

San Francisco's Juvenile Justice System: Trying to Do Right by Kids Who Do Wrong (Sequel)

Publication Date: September 01, 1997
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Abstract:
This juvenile justice policy case describes the strategic challenge faced by a San Francisco consultant, asked by the city's Mayor Willie Brown, to resolve a bitter and long-standing dispute as to how to structure the city's approach to youthful offenders. Consultant Mimi Silbert--herself renowned for her work to rehabilitate adult felons--must find a way to forge a compromise between those who favor institution-based treatment--led by the city's probation officers--and those "youth advocates" who favor youth services delivered in community-based settings. Symbolic of, and central to, the dispute: how to deal with dilapidated Juvenile Hall, the central youth detention center disliked by youth advocates--who would rather see it closed than modernized. Long-stalled physical improvements, if they are to come at all, appear to await resolution of a philosophical dispute.

Other Details

Case Author:
Susan Rosegrant
Faculty Lead:
Philip Heymann
Pages (incl. exhibits):
4
Setting:
United Sates
Language:
English
Funding Source:
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation