Community Corrections And Juvenile Jusice
Community Corrections and Juvenile Justice
"Office of Juvenile Justice and delinquency Prevention"
Bradford Morris
Community Corrections
CRJ 341
Community Corrections and Juvenile Justice
"Office of Juvenile Justice and delinquency Prevention"
Justice has always been the goal of our court system, but it is not always served. In my research I focused on the juvenile justice system and its impact on society and the community. It seems that the judiciary process has changed from a system that at first did not originally consider juveniles, to now, when juveniles have their own court proceedings, facilities, and even rules and laws. A juvenile is considered to be an individual who is under the age of 18 and resembles an adult. However, resembling an adult does not mean that juveniles have an adult mindset. Therefore, juveniles need to receive extra attention to put their lives back in order. Statistics have showed that juveniles that are in high crime areas have trouble putting their lives in order. My paper will look at all aspects involving juveniles, juvenile correction facilities and, juvenile programming.
One of the big differences between juveniles and adult correction facilities is the large number of private facilities for juveniles. "Private facilities have the comfort of being able to "cherry-pick" their clients and they can also sometimes do things and perform treatments that public facilities cannot do." (Champion 2003) A big problem in juvenile justice is how long it takes to get an arrested juvenile tried and considered a delinquent. Only after they have been adjudicated can they be placed in a "rehabilitation" program. The delay makes it a problem for delivering psychological services in a timely fashion.
The juvenile system has short-term facilities (detention centers), also shelters and diagnostic centers (Champion 2003). Long-term facilities are training...
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