HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980 03-05 Liaison officer attends juvenile justice conference THE REVIEW Liaison officer attends
juvenile justice conference
Sgt. Joseph A. Zappa, Dist. 622 police- "Focus on Youth: A Word from the
�b school liaison officer, was one of 300 Clients," "Nutrition," "Arthomolecular
Qparticipants at the Seventh National Theories and Causes of Delinquency,"
Conference on Juvenile Justice held "Family Counseling with Alcohol and
1r) recently in Los Angeles, CA. Substance Abusing Families," "Families
The conference,now an annual event in and the Law," "Teaching Law to Kids,"
1 the juvenile justice field, is co-sponsored and "Parent and Teacher Effectiveness
by the National Council of Juvenile and Training: Promise for the Future."
The conference opened with a panel
discussion on the implications of the
Proposition 13 mentality for the.juvenile
justice system. Ira Schwartz, new ad-
t v ministrator for the U.S.Office of Juvenile
4. Justice ,
a featured speaker at a luncheonPreventionduring
the conference.andDelinquency
' I found workshop and general
� � �, � session topicsthe extremely relevant to my
in the juvenile jsystem.
� Howeverwork ,l think that the most
ustice important
aspect of such a conference is the op-
� :' � portunity to exchange ideas with my
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�ts � counterparts from across the nation,"
said Zappa.
SGT.JOE ZAPPA "In my discussions with other par-
Family Court Judges and the National ticipants, one point came through loud
District Attorney's Assn. and clear. The prevention and treatment
Sgt.Zappa attended workshops on such of juvenile delinquency is a community
topics as violence and vandalism in the problem. The citizens of this community
schools, child snatching, teaching law to must support, financially and morally,
kids and law enforcement response in the work of the courts, schools, social
sexual abuse cases, "Juvenile Justice in service agencies and other organizations
the Decade Ahead," "Search and Seizure which deal with children in trouble,"
on School Grounds," "Shoplifting," Zappa concluded.
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