Challenging Effects Of Recidivism

Recidivism is one of the most fundamental concepts in criminal justice. It refers to a person’s relapse into criminal behavior; often the person receives sanctions or undergoes interventions for a previous crime. Recidivism can be measured by criminal acts that resulted in rearrests, reconvictions or returned to prison with or without a new sentence during a three-year period following the juvenile’s release.
As states cut mental health programs in communities and schools, they are increasingly relying on the juvenile corrections system to handle a generation of young offenders with psychiatric disorders. About two-thirds of the nation’s juvenile inmates have at least one mental illness, according to surveys of youth prisons, and are more in need of therapy than punishment (e.g. Becker, S.P., Kerig, P., Lim, J., & Ezechukwu, R. 2012).
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I am a firm believer of the quote “if you do the crime, you should do the time”, however unless the underlining issue is addressed, the behavior will continue in some form or another. The meaning of this quote could be altered by the underlining message not being address due to the repetitiveness of the person’s behavior. These disorders range from manic depression to severely psychoses like schizophrenia and anxiety disorders to individuals whom suffers from a mental illness are often in denial about the existence of their mental instability. Understanding the correlations of substance abuse and mental illness is an area that needs evaluation. There is a high degree of substance abuse that exist among criminal and mentally ill offenders (Welch-Brewer, C. L., Stoddard-Dare, P., & Mallet, C. A. 2011). We must realize the importance of considering the role that substance abuse along with mental disorders may play in the criminal justice