This is another area of concentration of the juvenile alternative initiative, where they can address and reduce the disproportionate level of minority confinement in the juvenile justice system. Moreover, they also aim to provide the juveniles with a fair and equitable justice process, where no adolescent can be detained on the basis of inequality (Armour & Hammond, 2009)
However, with reference to the increasing trend of crime at an unprecedented rate within the nation, it become essential to initiate some kind of program that can particularly focus on reversing the troubling trends in juvenile justice. Moreover, safe reduction and minimization of the juvenile detention population has also become an essential need (Austin, Johnson & Weitzer, 2005)
This trend of progression is surging ahead at a rapid pace; however, it is very unfortunate to declare that many of the social dilemmas also exist in this industrialized world that is making millions of residents suffer from its drastic outcomes. While taking the country of United States into consideration, the facts and figures statistical records apparently reveal the information that the nation is full of culturally diverse people that belong to different racial and ethnic groups (Holman & Ziedenberg, 2013)
Detention cells are created for the juveniles because the law makers do not intend to keep the juveniles with general population in the incarceration, as it leads to utmost negative consequences on the young adults. Even though normal juvenile detention facilities are usually safer and more secure in comparison to the imprisonment, yet, these detention centers need improvement that can bring out much positive attitude from the juveniles during their stay of their detention (Roberts, 2004)
This was one of the first groups to advocate and publish formal documentation regarding standards for children in court and in corrections, among other areas. (Livers & Kehoe, 2012) Another important group is the Child Welfare League of America
Residential Center, Tryon Residential Center, and Tryon Girls Residential Center -- finding pervasive use of excessive force and consistent failures to provide adequate mental health services to the youth in the facilities." (Richie, 2009) Also reviewed is a September 9th, 2005 letter to the Honorable Mitch Daniels, Governor of the State of Indiana written by Bradley J
As well as those criteria, the "stability" factors such as "age, school attendance, education level, drug/alcohol use, family structure" must also be considered. (Austin, 2005) If, in the course of a hearing a juvenile offender has been determined to be "delinquent," then there are a number of actions that can be taken by the system
Initiated in 1998, this program created a separate court system designed to be "intensive treatment programs established within and supervised by juvenile courts to provide specialized services for eligible drug-involve youth and their families." (Cooper, 2001) Not only was this program designed to provide immediate treatment, but also to address the problems which led to the drug abuse, provide juveniles with the opportunity to lead productive lives, and strengthen the family involvement for the youth
Researchers have also found that congregating offenders increases the chance that they will become re-offenders. (Holman, 2006, p
However, as the system developed, and a more effective way was designed to study its effectiveness, participants in the Juvenile Drug Courts have "had significantly lower rearrest rates than the comparison juvenile offenders." (Leukefeld, 2011, p
It is important to remember that of all the juveniles who enter the juvenile court system, less that 10% are placed away from their homes, and these were the ones that are in need of extensive treatment for their delinquency problems. (Wilson, 2011, p
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