Unraveling Administrative Organization of State Juvenile Services

Abstract

Although there are almost as many methods of state admin istration of juvenile services as there are states, administrative structures fit into one or another of these five categories: (1) No central state agency (in seven states) ; (2) an autonomous central agency (in nine) ; (3) a central department of correction admin istratively responsible for both adults and juveniles (in six) ; (4) an identifiable juvenile services organization which is part of a larger unit of government performing other services or functions (in thirteen) ; (5) a large unit with several functions but no identifiable organization specifically set up to supervise juvenile services (in fifteen states) .