This allows for the victim to be heard and valued and the offender to not be labeled in the future as an offender. This is all done within Sonoma County California. The pros of the program are the goals that it plans to achieve to reduce recidivism, allow offenders to learn to become better members of the community, and for the victims to be included and understood. This community also benefits from this because of the community service work it gets from the offenders. This allows for tax paying incarceration and court fees to not be necessary for first time offenders. This does not work all the time especially when the offender will not take…
Growing up in a pretty well-off town, I have never met somebody in jail or seen a jail myself. Watching this Ted Talk opened by eyes to exactly how hard it would be if you knew your own father was still alive, but you could never see him. Growing up without a father figure in your life sounds very tough but it was never something I really thought about. I thought the woman in this Ted Talk had a very big heart. To create this organization to help keep a connection with fathers in jail was a very risky thing to do, but also sounded very rewarding. These girls will now be able to live their lives differently knowing that they have this small connection with their fathers, which I think is very…
in the inner workings of the human mind. Throughout the film, the audience witnesses the roles that…
The juvenile justice system should focus on rehabilitation because while punishment may be unpleasant we need to focus on mental health assessment and services for youth (modelsforchange, n.d.). Most youth who are only punished reoffend because the reason for the initial offence was never addressed. Youth Outreach Services (YOS) focuses on mental health assessment and services for youths because upon identifying mental, emotional or ongoing problems caused by trauma the youth can receive follow-up testing or immediate assistance. The identifying of these problems can help family members understand and also better help the juvenile. In the last two years 95% of the juveniles that went to the rehabilitation program and screening of YOS avoided re-arrest (modelsforchange, n.d.). If we do not focus on rehabilitation we are depriving both society and the offenders of their full potential (the league of young voters, n.d.).…
The history of the juvenile court and system dates back to the year 1824 in the United States, which was “The House of Refuge” in New York. “The House of Refuge was the first juvenile house of the United States. In 1899, Cook County in the state of Illinois established the first juvenile court. Youth in the juvenile court system dating back before the year of 1967 did not have constitutional legal rights. It was not until the year 1967, that it changed.…
I think that these programs according to Deterrence Theory do work for the most part. I think there is evidence to show that these programs are crime effective and a good prevention tool. The way this program works to bring the delinquents directly into the idea of being “scared” or “shocked” to the extent that they will not commit future crime was a program that had a great idea. This program would be very effective because it would let juveniles see the tough reality of already institutionalized people.…
It will allow juveniles to transition back into society without having the urge to be involved in delinquent behaviors. It will help them identify problem and how to handle them. It will focus on peer pressure which is a primary reason why most juveniles get arrested. Though the program will be for post adjudication it will also include parenting skills for those parents who have to continue to raise a child post adjudication. Being incarcerated can be a traumatizing event for anyone; which is why Mental Health services will be included in the post adjudication program. The program will not only help recidivism rates go down but will also help juvenile offender become law abiding…
Crime is a genre that often times follows an often times intelligent, malicious criminal. Sometimes it follows the criminal chronologically and sometimes is follows the criminal through their victims. But simply following this generic guideline does not define a crime movie, there are defining factors that make a crime movie. In order for a crime movie to be effective it must have a criminal with a motive. A criminal and his motive are important for a criminal movie to have because it a lot of times serves as the basis for the movie to build on. The next important criteria is a setting, a proper setting enables the movie to invoke a subliminal feeling before the movie incorporates…
Unfortunately, since 1992 the focus has been to try more juveniles in adult court versus rehabilitating the juveniles in question through juvenile courts. Young and Gainsborough (2000) wrote a paper, in which they said,…
This program is a juvenile intervention agency. The goal is to treat, teach and invest in the lives of those who were incarcerated in previous years. These juveniles would have had to be between the ages of 13-17 years old. The mission is to advocate, empower, and transform lives one day at a time. So many times, those who are incarcerated are left to fend for themselves without any support system. But within this agency we’re here to give hope that a better journey is ahead. This is a non-profit organization that is applying to receive a grant that will used to help further our opportunity to serve those youth incarcerated.…
“The advocates also said juveniles in adult facilities are more likely to commit suicide or be physically and sexually abused.” (Trying juveniles as Adults in NJ). If the juveniles commit suicide then they’d end up losing their lives. There's no way to get it back. That's why the guards take away their shoelaces and belts, so they would have nothing to use as a weapon against themselves or anyone else. If the juveniles were sexually abused, they’d probably not want to interact with other humans for a while. If a girl or a boy were to be sexually abused they would definitely be scarred. Children in adult prisons are 5 times as likely to be sexually assaulted, twice as likely to be beaten by staff, 50 percent more likely to be attacked with a weapon and 8 times as likely to commit suicide as children in juvenile facilities.The juveniles would hold that fear of being abused again in the future and not want to even be near their own family. If the juveniles would have to be charged as adults then they should be put in a cell individually, away from others. Especially if the juvenile is the one that would be the one to sexually abuse…
Such statutes have had an incredible impact on the U.S. juvenile justice system. The original purpose of creating a separate juvenile court was to keep adolescents out of adult prisons, limit their exposure to adult criminal activity and poor role models, and also to provide guidance that helps them to turn away from further criminal behavior and be directed toward more positive results. It seemed that the individual juvenile offender cases were not getting looked at based on the individual characteristics or needs of the offender, rather whomever prosecuted the case was determining it based on the nature of the offense. Because of this, there were greater numbers of juvenile offenders having their cases in adult criminal courts, which do not…
Our country is already spending around 80 billion dollars per year on prisoners and yet, somehow, failing to supply a good education program and rehabilitation system. Our prison system is so fixated on punishing inmates that it fails to apply methods that can help lower the crime rate. Rehabilitation techniques differ according to the nature of the criminal and the type of crime committed. However, if applied, both education programs and rehab techniques have a positive effect on prisoners instead of punishment. Some deserve a second chance, and with education, it can be achieved. If the purpose of prison is punishment alone, prisoners are going to build up so much anger and negativity that they will become only more dangerous to our society when they are…
An adult prison is definitely not a safe place for children, no matter where they came from. Children placed in adult prisons have a higher rate of recidivism with advanced criminal behavior. This fact blows my mind because it clearly states that if children go to adult prisons they will get worse in there. This leaves me wondering why we haven't been avoidng this circumstance in past years. Also officials should fully consider neurological evidence when dealing with juvenile defenders because the adolescent brain is still growing. This is what causes the unproper decision making.…
I searched for a piece of artwork that would connect to the emotional side of domestic violence, and the impact that it has on victims. Domestic violence is not only a physical act of violence, if there are not visible signs such as bruises, broken bone or cuts, the damage is still real. The physical, emotional and psychological effect of domestic abuse according to this article, is recognized on the “national level among all groups of women” (Buzawa, Buzawa, & Stark, 2012). The article addresses the perception society has of domestic violence victims. The ideology of victims being poor minority groups, and not the middle class and affluent whites Buzawa, Buzawa, & Stark (2012), makes society aware of domestic violence, also the fact that different groups can be impacted differently. The commonality domestic violence victims have is that they are ashamed, embarrassed, frightened or threatened from getting help.…