This doesn't happen very happen and each case varies on how critical and important the case was. If the case was that the children were coming to harm on a regular basis then social services would seek to remove the child/children, but they usually give help and advice to the parents to stop any harm coming to the child/children. Wider forms of safeguarding are as follows:- Risk assessments providing safe environments inside and outside the school setting. Procedures and legislation health and safety, fire drills, register, etc. keeping training up-to-date in safeguarding issues.
Hold minor until parent comes Law enforcement handle minors differently according to age and crime. Crimes committed by youth may not always warrant arrest but notification of parent. Police will notify parent that the youth has participated in a criminal act. The police will release the minor to his parents. C. Refer to juvenile court The police officer may also place the juvenile in custody and refer the case to juvenile court.
D.A.R.E. is a program that teaches children to stay away from drugs and violence. The D.A.R.E. program is an excellent tool to keep children informed about how to have a drug and violence free life. I feel this program is a good source to educate children about what drugs and alcohol can do to your life and your family’s life if you become addicted.
This may work with this offender and be a strength because he is still young, it keeps the offender in close supervision with the probation officers. This form of sanctioning provides many restrictions on ones freedoms, which include fines, home confinement, intensive probation, restitution to the victims, community service and or boot camp. Weakness to this sanction would be possibly be that the probation isn’t as firm/strict and doesn’t monitor the offender much, or that the offender doesn’t get treatment for the alcohol/drugs that was in his
The youths that are being tried in the adult courts should be offered to better themselves as for they are not fully developed at the ages under eighteen. Punishing a teen by taking away their rights for life is not helping the betterment of society. Another person in prison means more local taxes for another set of clothing, more food, and occasionally, more space to be built. A psychologist could benefit from these children who caused trouble, especially if the trouble was un intentional. Juveniles have greater possibility than adults to make a change in their lives with the right help with counseling and rehabilitation.
Status offenders, delinquents, and juvenile superpredators. A status offender is a child who has committed an act or failed to fulfill a responsibility for which, if he or she were an adult, the court would not have any authority over him or her. A delinquent is a juvenile accused of committing an act that is criminal for both adults and juveniles. A Juvenile superpredator is a term used to describe juveniles who commit violent felony crimes (Fagin 231). In order to create and operate successful rehabilitation programs for juvenile delinquents we need to understand what causes juvenile delinquency.
Research Paper Juvenile Delinquency School violence is not something new. School violence can occur for different reasons. Schools try to reduce the risk of having dangerous people entering the school by utilizing visitor logs, locking and monitoring the doors, some may use metal detectors, security cameras. Some schools with a history of behavioral problems also use police officers on campus also known as school resource officers. Schools educate students by using programs such as D.A.R.E and G.R.E.A.T to raise awareness against drug abuse and gang violence.
The juveniles can still attend school and work but once it is over they have to go back into their home. This community-based treatment is by far the least expensive method for punishing juveniles oppose to prison or jail. Residential programs consist of foster homes, group homes, boarding schools, etc. Juveniles who are in a residential program are provided with daily life skills training, education, counseling, and much more. They are placed with other juveniles in a stable environment with a daily scheduled routine and are guided by professional staff members.
Youth crime can be a result of fear, peer pressure, boredom, exclusion from the community, a sense of anomie, socialisation and anti-social behaviour, these just being a few reasons for youth crime being committed. Parents or guardians working long hours offers more of an opportunity for children to be involved in crime without anybody watching over them. Anti-social behaviour can be seen as the gateway into criminal activity that is why institutions such as schools have rules of conduct and uniform which students must conform to and if not they are punished. Some children admit that stealing is “…part of their normal behaviour,” which relates to norms and values, what is right and wrong, part of
If the PTSD behaviors of the child seem to be too much for the child to cope and other therapies are not taking effect as needed, medication may be the next resort. Anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medications are most common for PSTD (James, 2008). These medications help to calm that child and keep the child in a happy, peaceful state. For John, who chooses not to speak about the events that he witnessed and expresses his traumatic feelings through art and other behaviors, Play Therapy would be the best starting point. John would need a comfortable environment, and a familiar behavioral outlet.