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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.
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
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
When implemented in alignment with evidence-based practices, effective and fair community supervision leads to permanent exit pathways from the criminal justice system.
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
Many juveniles receive deferred adjudication. This is a situation in which a youth agrees to follow certain probation conditions without going to court
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
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
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
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.
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"
Assessment facilities are secure facilities that are responsible for orienting the #juvenile to the expectations of the #correctionalsystem in that particular state.
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
#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
#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
Types of correctional education available include:
~ correctional industry and vocational training,
~ specialized treatment and programs,
~ and programs for serious and repeat juvenile delinquents.
Programs for serious & repeat offenders focus on developing an integrated theoretical framework for guiding intensive supervision of chronic juvenile offenders
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
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
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
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
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
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
We will be touching on theories of victimization & violence. Traditionally, criminology has focused on sociological and psychological theories to explain crime and criminality.
IF ... and only if ... you were to be arrested, mug shot across the front page of the paper, who's the first person you'd worry about seeing your photo?
Join me tomorrow at 1pm, cst, as we discuss #SocialControl theory
Hi friends, we are going to get started today looking a question that some criminologists say is the MOST challenging question in the entire field, "Why do people obey the law?"