If the offender does not complete the treatment, the initial sentence of incarceration is enforced (Gottfredson, 2003). Reducing recidivism rates will also impact other problems including overcrowding and correctional expenditures. PRIOR RESEARCH Previous
Juvenile Delinquency and Family Structure Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements CJ 387 Juvenile Delinquency D’Meki L. Murry Mississippi Valley State University Mrs. R. Cobbs April 19, 2012 Introduction In today’s society more and more juveniles committing delinquent acts, we have to stop and ask ourselves why this continues to be a problem in our communities. This paper will provide an overview on juvenile delinquency and the role family structure has in this. Juveniles are more likely to become delinquent when there is little or a weak structure being provided by their family. Even thought there are many factors that entail the cause of juvenile delinquency, this paper will focus on three that encompass all the different factors. The main three I will focus on are family functioning, economic status and a two-parent versus a single-parent household.
D. Rehabilitation Many youth receive rehabilitative services to become productive upon release. Rehabilitation is defined as the restoration of someone to a useful place in society. The end result is to not return to crime. Analysis The family situation has been shown to have an impact on whether a juvenile is likely to offend. Peer influence has also been identified as an important factor for juvenile offenders.
A third major shift occurred in the mid 1970s, with a new “law and order” philosophy gaining momentum, partly as a spillover from a similar change in attitude about adult offenders. Although JJDPA was intended to prevent delinquency and remove children from adult jails and lockups, it was amended in 1977 to make it more controlling of juvenile behavior. (Platt,
Malik Thompson Ethics The juvenile court System is a very good system, and is one that is well needed. Without it, how else would we punish the youngsters that make some wrong decisions? Three ways I would fix the problem here in the United States is that, I would have more harsh punishments for those who commit the crimes; I would have a better rehab process to prevent further crimes, and finally I would implement a mandatory parenting class for parents of violators. With the combination of these three ideas, plus other people’s ideas out in the world, we can all come to help to make this world and safer and better place to live and raise our children in. The first thing that I would change would be to enforce harsher punishment for crimes so as to defer young teens from making the same mistakes again.
b. Thesis statement: Legislation should focus on education and prevention since both methods are more effective than incarceration for youth offenders. c. Main points: i. Current practices of treating youth offenders as adults are not effective. ii. Treating youth offenders at the community level with education is a more effective way to reduce violent crime.
Restorative justice comes in a variety of applications such as mediation panels, community service, circles, and so on. The type of program used by the juvenile court will depend on the type of restorative justice program offered in their geographical area. It is important, however, to understand all of the various restorative justice applications because this philosophy is quickly being adapted in jurisdictions across the United States. Disposition is a phase of delinquency proceeding similar to "sentencing" phase of adult trial. The judge must consider alternative, innovative, and individualized sentences rather than imposing standard sentences.
The changes in policies are the laws that govern the treatment of juveniles. Steinberg believes that society is no longer as lenient as it once was in the past in regards
Juvenile rights seem to change from state to state, due to the laws that each state has, which are implemented by the legislations and rules that are set. The focal point is to rehabilitate these young people oppose to integrating them into prisons or jails, whereas this could stop them from being taking through the system at such a early age. When a juvenile has entered into the juvenile justice system they are processed through intake adjudication, disposition and post-adjudications. The purpose of the intake process is to decide what would be the proper location for the juvenile, such as programs to divert the juvenile of dismiss informally, either one is effective the youth can be petition to juvenile court. The adjudication process is less reserved than the adults hearings, however the juvenile have limited rights than the adults offenders in the judicial process.
Interventions such as SORNA, which call for labeling youth as sex offenders require them to re-register at regular intervals and thus reinforce the label, and notifying others of their status as sex offenders likely limit the opportunities that such youth have to participate in normal adolescent activities and limit the peer group that they can access. Although the negative impact of the labeling process has been argued, youths identified as troubled do experience rejection from most peer groups and from adults. Thus, youths registered as sex offenders are more likely to socialize with other troubled peers and are less likely to be involved and attached to social institutions such as church’s and schools because of limitations to their access. Those who steer clear of criminal behavior has been associated with attachment of school and other prosocial organizations and institutions that promote involvement in a prosocial peer group. Consequently, the effects of ongoing registration of adolescence well into their young adulthood, as called for in the Adam Walsh Act, are more likely the result of criminal behavior than the prevention of sexual