The Brooklyn Plan: The Use of Deferred Prosecution Procedure in the Handling of Federal Juvenile Delinquents
Abstract
Twenty years ago in April of 1937 in the United States District Court, for the Eastern District of New York, at Brooklyn, New York, there was inaugurated, by the Office of United States Attorney, an experimental administrative procedure that marked an advance in the Federal handling of juvenile delinquents. Eight years later this method of handling selected Federal juvenile delinquency cases was to receive official sanction and become accepted practice throughout the entire system of Federal Courts. The formal procedure, known officially as "Deferred Prosecution", and more popularly as "The Brooklyn Plan" is unique in the American administration of justice, both because of its extensive usage and its receipt of official endorsement.
Subject Area
Law|Public policy
Recommended Citation
Haran, James F, "The Brooklyn Plan: The Use of Deferred Prosecution Procedure in the Handling of Federal Juvenile Delinquents" (1957). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI28623304.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI28623304
