Detention Centers are meant to be a temporarily placement for troubled juveniles that have a potential high risk of reoffending or may likely not appear for their trial date. “Detention centers do serve a role by temporarily supervising the most at risk youths” (Ruddell‚ 2009). Today‚ the use of detention centers for juveniles are steadily increasing which only mean one thing‚ crime rates are increasing. The significant of this problem is with the many juvenile centers are they helpful for our troubled
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asked such questions as what is juvenile justice system‚ what causes problem behavior in these youths‚ what are the solutions‚ are they effective‚ and which of these solutions yield the greatest results. Juvenile detention centers have become one of the most commonly used solutions under this system. Of the 2.8 million youth arrested each year‚ around 90‚000 are incarcerated in public and private detention and correctional institutions throughout the United States (Morrison & Epps 118). Therefore‚
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Alternatives to Detention Placing juveniles in a detention facility is not always the best way to go. There are a number of alternatives that can be used instead of putting a juvenile in a facility. When deciding which type of program to place a juvenile in‚ the court officials must take into consideration the safety of the public. Many offenders can be effectively rehabilitated through community-based supervision while there are other serious offenders that may require confinement to protect
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The Case of Detention Discrimination Virginia Blackstone Kaplan University The Case of Detention Discrimination In this case‚ the Milwaukee County Juvenile Detention Center started a new policy requiring each unit of the facility to be staffed at all times by at least one officer of the same gender as the detainees housed at a unit. The purpose of the policy was to reduce the likelihood of sexual abuse of juveniles by offers of the opposite gender. Due to the makeup of the force‚ the policy
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1. Was it a mistake to release Megan from Waxter Juvenile Detention Center? Why or why not? Using in-text citations with specific examples from the movie and the text into support your answer. I believe that it wasn’t a mistake to release Megan from Waxter because she was feeling like she was losing her mind being locked up. Megan states‚ “I can’t take it no more‚ I going to lose my god forsaken mind‚” meaning she is starting to lose herself that’s why she tried to go AWOL (escape) because she feels
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government’s proposed changes to the youth justice legislation will effect many Aboriginal youth. “The government’s proposed boot camp approach is more likely to increase the criminalisation of young offenders rather than reduce it.” Research consistently shows that prisons are ineffective in rehabilitating offenders and preventing re-offending. Imprisonment is therefore a poor use of public money – and prisons are costly. Studies indicate that youth detention is a pathway to adult offending as 30%
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Establishing a School-Based Mentoring Program for Youth This article is about a high school counselor who realizes the struggles of students who are involved in the transition from the juvenile system into adulthood. The students range from having an emotional disorder to being incarcerated to getting out of a juvenile detention center to having a learning disability in a school setting. The couselor has decided that a school-based mentoring program will help ease students
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jail or sentenced to death. Incarcerating juveniles and adults can be extremely dangerous. The solution to this problem was created by introducing "House of Refugee and Reform Schools" (Shepherd‚ Robert 1999). In 1899 the first juvenile court for youths was introduced. This court system was used for juveniles who committed crimes. It also was used for juveniles who were neglected‚ dependent or delinquent and who were under the age of sixteen. One thing that was established in the juvenile court system
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authority allows the police to act "in place of the parent" and place the juvenile into a protective form of custody rather than a punitive form of detention. Once arrested‚ juveniles
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people supposedly being confined and guarded. Assault still happens in prison‚ Troy Erik Isaac would know firsthand‚ by being raped and assaulted at twelve‚ he was sentenced to juvenile detention for one week for a vandalism crime. On his first day there‚ he was raped by an older cellmate (Kasier). Juvenile detention conceptually‚ could work; however‚ over the past decade the recidivism rates have increased. Due to the presence of systematic abuse and higher rates of committing crimes‚ statistics
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