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Nov 16, 2021, 88 tweets

I hope you'll join me at 2pm to look at Juvenile Corrections

THINKING CHALLENGE: Does the Juvenile Justice System have a responsibility to keep kids out of a punitive system?

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Let's start by testing our knowledge of teens today. Do you believe we can better understand age groups by generational differences?

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What generation do you most closely identify?

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THINKING CHALLENGE: Which generation are characterized as pragmatic and financially-minded?

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THINKING CHALLENGE: Which generation are experiencing many factors contributing to their mental health challenges?

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THINKING CHALLENGE: Which generation are thought to be politically progressive — even those on the right?

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Would you believe, according to my research, that each of those characterizations were talking about the same generation?

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Yes, this WHOLE time we've been talking about #GenerationZ, today's teens

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If I caught you off-guard, don't worry! Generation Alpha is the next group, our kiddos born 2010 & after, so we've still got time to get this figured out!

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What's the relevance to Juvenile Delinquency & examining the juvenile justice system? Well, we do have to wonder if our 100 year old system still best serves the needs of our ever-evolving youth.

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Last week we discussed the goals of the juvenile justice system, now let's examine alternative sanctions to keep youth in the community

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A whole host of facilities, programs, and processes exist to deal with at-risk juveniles, delinquent juveniles, and juveniles who are under some type of court-ordered sanction

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Community corrections is a broad term used to capture a variety of correctional alternatives with one common characteristic:

They are LESS restrictive than institutional corrections

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There are multitudes of public and private correctional agencies and social service agencies that deal exclusively with juveniles.

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Myth - or - Reality:

The majority of individuals who cycle in and out of state prisons and county jails have committed relatively low-level, nonviolent offenses

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Myth - or - Reality:

Effective alternatives to incarceration can actually reduce costs at the same time they provide critical services to individuals, such as behavioral health treatment, that can help reduce recidivism

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Myth - or - Reality:

In Illinois, thousands of individuals are ordered to be in community supervision programs.

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Myth - or - Reality:

When implemented in alignment with evidence-based practices, effective and fair community supervision leads to permanent exit pathways from the criminal justice system.

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There are a variety of factors that can potentially influence whether a juvenile is committed to an out-of-home placement or sentenced to some form of community corrections

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Of the following factors, which do you believe most influential in deciding if a youth offender should be eligible for community corrections?

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Probation is a sanction where the court releases a youth to a parent or other guardian to live in the community under certain rules and conditions

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MAYBE Safe For Work: Understanding Probation v. Parole - Who's Line Is It Anyway style:



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Many juveniles receive deferred adjudication. This is a situation in which a youth agrees to follow certain probation conditions without going to court

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One specialized type of juvenile probation increases the level and amount of supervision of juveniles in the community

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Intensive supervision #probation (#ISP) programs are characterized by high levels of contact and intervention by the probation officer or caseworker, small caseloads, and strict conditions of compliance

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An interesting form of probation blends the supervisory capacity of juvenile probation and the school system.

School-based probation is a model where the probation officer works and is housed within the walls of the school

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Probation Officers wear MANY hats in assisting juveniles

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he confining of juveniles to their homes is referred to as house arrest. It may involve electronic monitoring with an electronic tracking device

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Alternative sanctions are those that provide a means to hold juveniles accountable outside traditional mechanisms such as probation or incarceration

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Adult Redeploy Illinois (ARI) was established by the Crime Reduction Act to provide financial incentives to local jurisdictions for programs that allow diversion of individuals from state prisons by providing community-based services

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Alternative sanctions are those that provide a means to hold juveniles accountable outside traditional mechanisms such as probation or incarceration

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Why are juveniles removed from their homes?

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Programs vary from removal from the home, exposure to the outdoors, to preparation for adulthood

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An important programming distinction is whether the basis for participation is determinate v. indeterminate sentencing

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Random Fun Fact: Did you know there were also Determinate & Indeterminate ... tomatoes!?

Now you know. Told you it was worth it to read this far!

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THINKING CHALLENGE: What style of sentencing is most appropriate for juvenile offenders

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THINKING CHALLENGE: Should Juvenile Criminal Justice System focus on Rehabilitation or Punishment?

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THINKING CHALLENGE: Should Juvenile Criminal Justice System focus on Rehabilitation or Punishment?

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As a teenager, Ismael Nazario was sent to New York’s Rikers Island jail, where he spent 300 days in solitary confinement -- all before he was ever convicted of a crime

ted.com/talks/ismael_n…

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Arrested Development: Adolescent Development & Juvenile Justice



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THINKING CHALLENGE: should juveniles be housed in adult confinement facilities?

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If our Thinking Challenge sparked your interest, give
@ashleytrubin
@ChristmanBSUCJC
@Prof_357
@ProfMEvans
@juvyjustchange
@frankplunkett
@brian_duffybr

a follow.

They have all weighed-in on this topic

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THINKING CHALLENGE: What should be the goal of JV Corrections?

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THINKING CHALLENGE: Currently, do you believe that juvenile incarceration sentencing policies are ...

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In 2015, just over 48,000 juvenile offenders were in residential treatment facilities on any given day. The trends in residential placement mirror the trends in juvenile arrests and court cases.

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THINKING CHALLENGE: Detention rates have been ____________ over the past two decades.

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THINKING CHALLENGE: Juvenile crime rates have been ____________ over the past two decades.

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Detention rates have decreased on the order of about 70 percent in the past two decades, and cases handled by the courts are at historic lows.

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As we examine juvenile corrections, here is an ABC Primetime look at incarcerated youth: "To their advocates, they're kids. To their critics, they’re monsters"



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THINKING CHALLENGE: Privatization of corrections is a controversial issue. Should juveniles be housed in private facilities?

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Institutional facilities are secure facilities including: ~detention centers,
~orientation and diagnostic assessment centers,
~transfer facilities,
~boot camps,
~youth ranches and camps,
~institutions and state schools,
~and transitional facilities.

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Juvenile #detention facilities are short-term secure units that house juveniles awaiting court hearings or adjudications.

They are similar to adult #jails in their day-to-day operations.

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In this episode The Proper People check out an abandoned detention center completely taken over by nature. @TheProperPeople



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Assessment facilities are secure facilities that are responsible for orienting the #juvenile to the expectations of the #correctionalsystem in that particular state.

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A recent and popular juvenile facility is the juvenile #bootcamp. It is a secure facility that emphasizes military-style discipline, physical training, and an extremely regimented schedule. @CBSMiami



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THINKING CHALLENGE: Do para-military style boot camps work?

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Youth ranches and camps are facilities that operate similarly to state institutions with one exception:

The atmosphere is more like a year-round summer camp than a maximum-security facility.

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Teen camps have become a staple of America's youth rehabilitation system. Does this method work?

@BBCDocs

@bbc

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In general, there are four primary goals in corrections:

~ rehabilitation,
~ deterrence,
~ incapacitation,
~ and retribution

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Let's not omit reintegration as most juvenile offenders will re-enter society after the duration of their sentence

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Retribution is based upon debt of some kind that must be repaid; and the offender deserves to be punished

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Society does believe in punishment, that causing discomfort or pain will force a change in behavior

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#Rehabilitation is defined as methods of treatment and counseling used to reform juvenile offenders so that they will return to society in a constructive rather than a destructive way

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#Deterrence is arranging conditions in the law and corrections such that juveniles are aware of the risks and consequences involved in committing crimes

If the risks and consequences are greater than the rewards, juveniles will choose not to commit crime

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Incapacitation is the taking of a juvenile out of the community so that he or she is prevented from committing additional crimes.

It means locking up a person so that he or she is incapacitated from causing any more harm

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One of the primary goals of juvenile institutional #corrections is #education.

Educational programs in juvenile facilities often serve as the core program, consuming the largest portion of time

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Types of correctional education available include:
~ correctional industry and vocational training,
~ specialized treatment and programs,
~ and programs for serious and repeat juvenile delinquents.

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Specialized treatment includes:
~ transactional analysis,
~ reality therapy,
~ psychotherapy,
~ behavior modification,
~ guided group interaction,
~ positive peer culture,
~ and drug and alcohol treatment

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THINKING CHALLENGE: Is it possible to rehabilitate in a punitive environment?

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Programs for serious & repeat offenders focus on developing an integrated theoretical framework for guiding intensive supervision of chronic juvenile offenders

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THINKING CHALLENGE: Is Intensive Supervision appropriate for juveniles?

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Juveniles' inmate society in which the strong take advantage of the weak.

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The quality of life for male residents is extremely problematic. There is a high rate of staff involvement in the sexual victimization of residents

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In #RaisedInTheSystem, HBO’s news series #VICE, Michael Kenneth Williams @BKBMG
embarks on a personal journey to expose the root of the American mass incarceration crisis: the juvenile justice system @HBO



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Suicide is an incredible challenge and extremely problematic in juvenile institutions

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Detention centers often provide the first opportunity to screen youth for suicide risk and to provide interventions, yet most facilities do not perform adequate screening for emergent risk

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In 2005, the state of Virginia had eight centers like Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Facility, housing more than 1,300 delinquent youth. By 2017, after a series of reforms, that number had shrunk to one

@TheAtlantic

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Dallas Morning News @dallasnews
released an investigation of sexual abuse in Texas juvenile facilities exposed horrific patterns of abuse

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The overall rate of sexual victimization reported by youth declined from 9.5% in 2012 to 7.1% in 2018

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There is a systematic tolerance of those offenses by facilities, state agencies, and even federal oversight mechanisms

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Forgotten Youth: Inside America's Prisons: @AJFaultLines examine the lives of young inmates in adult prisons and investigate their claims of physical and sexual abuse

@AJEnglish

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Correctional facilities have personnel working a variety of jobs

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Protecting the public and rehabilitating juveniles is a 24/7 operation



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Juvenile probation officer Victoria Harris has an extremely demanding job. It isn’t easy keeping up with 16 teenagers who have found themselves in trouble at home, at school and with the law

jjie.org/2014/05/30/the…

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Our look at Juvenile Corrections was lengthy, but now we can enjoy our holiday week next week! I really tried to give a lot of materials to help you dig deeper & spark a greater interest in Corrections

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How would you rate today's discussion?

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