Coordination of Juvenile Delinquency Programs V. 094610

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094610 1 (1975-04-29)

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United States General Accounting Office
Washington, D.C. 20548

FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
Expected at 9:30 a.m. EDT
Tuesday, April 29, 1975

STATEMENT OF

ELMER B. STAATS, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

ON

COORDINATION OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PROGRAMS

Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:

We are pleased to be here today to discuss our observations

on the Federal Government's attempt to coordinate its juvenile

delinquency programs.

Our views are presented in detail in our April 21, 1975,

report to the Congress entitled, How Federal Efforts to Coordi-

nate Programs to Mitigate Juvenile Delinquency Proved Ineffec-

tive. We will today highlight the issues addressed in that

report.

Reducing crime is a many-sided problem, but it is one

which people of all socioeconomic levels and political per-

suasions agree must be addressed more effectively.

As this Subcommittee knows--and has noted for several

years--to prevent or reduce crime, juvenile delinquency