Early Identification of the Serious Habitual Juvenile Offender Using a Birth Cohort in Philadelphia, 1958-1984
Beginning in the mid-1980s, the Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) funded the creation of Habitual
Offender Units (HOUs) in 13 cities. HOUs were created to prosecute
habitual juvenile offenders by deploying the most experienced
attorneys to handle these cases from start to finish. By …