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non-intrusiveness of the new programmes. This is true even when
the project is more genuinely 'in the community' than the unfortunately
named Fort Des Moines. Let us consider a few examples
of this kind, community projects genuinely not anchored in a
custodial base.
One well-described example is the Urbana Champaign Adolescent
Diversion Project (ADP). Juveniles considered as 'beyond
lecture and release and clearly headed for court' are referred by
the police to a programme of behavioural contracting organized 6y
a university psychology department. The volunteer staff monitor
and mediate contractual agreements between the youth and his
parents and teachers - privileges in return for his compliance with
the curfew, doing house chores and maintaining his personal
appearance. Here are extracts from a typical day in the life of J oe,
a 16-year-old who had come to the attention of the juvenile division
for possession of marijuana and violation of the municipal
curfew laws:
Joe agrees to
1. Call home by 4.00 p.m. each
afternoon and tell his parents his
whereabouts and rerum home by
5.00 p.m.
2. Rerurn home by 12.00 midnight
on weekend nights.
3. Make his bed and clean his room
daily (spread neat; clothes hung up).
4. Set table for dinner daily.
Bonus
Joe's parents agree to
1. Allow Joe to go OUt from 7.30 to
9.30, Monday through Thursday,
evenings and ask about his companions
without negative comments.
2. Allow Joe to go out the subsequent
weekend night.
3. Check his room each day and pay
him 75 cents when cleaned.
4. Deposit 75 cents per day in a
savings account for loe.
If J oe performs at 80% or above ## 1 though ## 4 above his parents
will deposit an additional 3 dollars in his account for each consecutive
seven-day period.
Sanction
If Joe falls below 60% in ## 1 and ## 2 above in any consecutive sevenday
period, he will cut two inches off his hair.58
Variations of the two main elements in this project - close
surveillance and behavioural contracting - are being used through