Thread by @michelle_furlow

Good morning friends. Join me at 10:30am,cst, to explore juvenile delinquency prevention

THINKING CHALLENGE: What are most effective delinquency prevention programs?

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Hi all! I just got back from a lovely walk, I'm on Zoom for virtual office hours, ready to discuss delinquency prevention. Thanks for joining me

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I really appreciate your tuning in today to learn more about #JuvenileDelinquencyPrevention

I'm glad you're here! #CRJ107 #Chapter06

Today we are going to examine programs that aim to assist kids before they are exposed to the system, help divert teens away from the system, and how to help them once they're out ...

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We are also going to have a little fun today, intertwined with our discussion, we're going to revisit our teenage brains with a game of #WouldYouRather, but you *have* to answer as your teenage self ...

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Delinquency prevention: A broad term used to identify a variety of programs designed to prevent juveniles from becoming delinquent

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Did you get into any type of trouble as a kid?

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The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) @OJPOJJDP is responsible for coordinating and conducting research on delinquency prevention. ojjdp.ojp.gov

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WOULD YOU RATHER: Have hiccups for the rest of your life or constantly feel like you have to sneeze?

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Many programs in delinquency prevention are designed for youths who come into contact with social service agencies or police very early in life

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THINKING CHALLENGE: What factors should be considered most indicative of an at-risk youth?

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WOULD YOU RATHER: Live with no electronics or live with no friends?

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A growing trend is for delinquency prevention programs to focus on the risk factors associated with committing delinquent acts



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WOULD YOU RATHER: Be surrounded by people who brag all the time or by people who complain all the time?

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Diversion programs attempt to keep juveniles who commit crime out of the formal juvenile justice system.

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THINKING CHALLENGE: Do you think diversion should be the priority of the juvenile justice system?

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WOULD YOU RATHER: Date someone unattractive with a great personality, or date someone very attractive with a bad personality?

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The basic theory behind diversion assumes that guides diversion programs is that most youths will at some point commit some type of delinquent act or otherwise make a mistake

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THINKING CHALLENGE: Do you agree that most kids will get into some sort of trouble in their adolescent years?

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WOULD YOU RATHER: Be ugly but smell amazing or be handsome/beautiful but stink?

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The guiding principles of diversion are rooted in labeling theory. Most diverted juveniles are first-time offenders

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If you'd like a refresher on #LabelingTheory, here is our discussion from Fall 2021 in #Criminology:

https://twitter.com/michelle_furlow/status/1457800163443961856

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WOULD YOU RATHER: Have slow but unlimited Internet or fast but limited Internet?

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In an effort to develop a more holistic approach to delinquency prevention, many jurisdictions attempt to move beyond the criminal or juvenile justice system alone

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THINKING CHALLENGE: What aspects of the community need to be the most involved for successful delinquency prevention

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Schools have traditionally been the first step in coordination of delinquency prevention

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WOULD YOU RATHER: have a nice teacher but is bad at teaching or a mean teacher that is great at teaching?

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WOULD YOU RATHER: Be a bench warmer on a champion team or be the best player of a terrible team?

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The Hands Without Guns program is a public health and education campaign that gets youths involved in violence prevention in their communities



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WOULD YOU RATHER: Write a 6-page essay or grade a hundred 1-page essays?

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Many other community-based programs attempt to bring about greater involvement and accountability of youth in their communities

getinchicago.org/about-the-yout…

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WOULD YOU RATHER: All songs exist but they are all performed by Pitbull, or only one Pitbull song exists but it's performed by every artist with their own cover interpretation? (Thank you @Reddit)

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Youth Town Hall Meetings have been used to increase communication between youth & adults to address community issues specific to local teens

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THINKING CHALLENGE: Do you think teens today have the life experience & knowledge to qualify to add into current social, political discussions

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Isra Hirsi @israhirsi is 17 years old and from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is an environmental activist and the co-founder of the U.S. Youth Climate Strike

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Marley Dias @iammarleydias is the activist behind the #1000BlackGirlBooks Twitter phenomenon, launched in November 2015. Through her activism, 16-year-old Marley is raising awareness about the lack of diversity in school curriculum

21-year-old Emma González @emmawise18
is a co-founder of the organization Never Again MSD. After a deadly school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, 20 students decided that #enoughisenough and founded the organization in order to fight for an end to gun violence

Jaylen Arnold @jaylenschallenge is the 20-year-old founder of Jaylen’s Challenge Foundation. At the age of 8, Jaylen was bullied because of having Tourette’s Syndrome

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Jahkil Jackson @officialprojectiam was 8 when he founded Project Am I. After helping his aunt distribute food to homeless people, he felt a burning desire to contribute more

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Another technique for dealing with juveniles is mentoring programs. The Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America (@BBBSA) was created and continues to operate today as the largest mentoring organization of its kind

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WOULD YOU RATHER: Look 10 years older from the neck up, or the neck down?

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THINKING CHALLENGE: As a youth, were you civically involved in your local community?

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THINKING CHALLENGE: As a youth, were you actively in your local religious institution?

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THINKING CHALLENGE: As a youth, were you actively in your school athletics?

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THINKING CHALLENGE: As a youth, were you actively in your school extra-curricular activities?

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THINKING CHALLENGE: In your youth, what institutions kept you out of trouble?

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A variety of after-school and evening recreational programs provide youths with a place to go to after school along with an activity to occupy their free time during the most crime-prone hours

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I'd love to give a shout out to our very own local @TheBridgeTC
... I've taught several sessions there! I'll be back in April.

thebridgeteencenter.org

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WOULD YOU RATHER: Only use Twitter for the rest of your life or only use YouTube for the rest of your life?

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Teen courts usually handle first-time offenders charged with minor offenses.

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Teen courts allow for a variety of dispositions, often focusing on allowing the offender to repay their debt to society through restorative measures

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THINKING CHALLENGE: Would at-risk teens be more or less receptive to receiving justice from their peers?

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Programmatic interventions frequently target habitual truants, curfew violators, or runaways

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WOULD YOU RATHER: Only use emojis to flirt via text or only use memes to flirt via text?

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We've talked about a lot of juvenile delinquency prevention programs & their ambitions. But ... what doesn't work?

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It might make for entertaining TV, but reducing delinquency? #ScaredStraight

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Why doesn't #ScaredStraight work?

psychcentral.com/blog/scared-st…

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WOULD YOU RATHER: Clog the toilet at your crush's house or your crush clogs toilet at your house

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What are the keys to remember in delinquency prevention?

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Even more realistically, what works and is cost effective?

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WOULD YOU RATHER: Listen to a podcast or read the course textbook?

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What is your favorite aspect of our podcast so far?

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How would you rate our discussion this morning?

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And if you made it THIS far, include a photo of a teen who has made a difference in your life or in the world.

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Thanks so much for joining me this morning! I hope the #WouldYouRather challenged you to get back into your teenage brain.

After Spring Break, we'll "ride-along" with the police & juvenile justice

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