§5781. Findings

The Congress finds that-

(1) approximately 700,000 youth enter the juvenile justice system every year;

(2) Federal, State, and local governments spend close to $2,000,000,000 a year confining many of those youth;

(3) it is more effective in both human and fiscal terms to prevent delinquency than to attempt to control or change it after the fact;

(4) half or more of all States are unable to spend any juvenile justice formula grant funds on delinquency prevention because of other priorities;

(5) few Federal resources are dedicated to delinquency prevention; and

(6) Federal incentives are needed to assist States and local communities in mobilizing delinquency prevention policies and programs.

(Pub. L. 93–415, title V, §502, as added Pub. L. 102–586, §5(a), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5027 .)

Short Title

For short title of title V of Pub. L. 93–415, which enacted this subchapter, as the "Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs Act", see section 501 of Pub. L. 93–415, as added by Pub. L. 102–586, set out as a note under section 5601 of this title.

GAO Studies and Reports

Section 5(b) of Pub. L. 102–586, as amended by Pub. L. 104–316, title I, §122(n), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3838 , provided that: "Under such conditions as the Comptroller General of the United States determines appropriate, the General Accounting Office may conduct studies and report to Congress on the effects of the program established by subsection (a) [enacting this subchapter] in encouraging States and units of general local government to comply with the requirements of part B of title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5631–5633)."