Pathways Through Juvenile Justice: A System-Level Assessment of Cumulative Disadvantage in the Processing of Juvenile Offenders

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven N. Zane ◽  
Brandon C. Welsh ◽  
Daniel P. Mears ◽  
Gregory M. Zimmerman
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
System Level ◽  
Cumulative Disadvantage

Breaking New Ground in Juvenile Justice Settings: Assessing for Competencies in Juvenile Offenders

2005 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
JULIETTE R. MACKIN ◽  
JUDY M. WELLER ◽  
JEROD M. TARTE ◽  
LAURA BURNEY NISSEN
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Juvenile Justice

Kids in Custody

2020 ◽  
pp. 143-170
Author(s):  
Paul M. Renfro
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Safety Issue ◽  
Mass Incarceration ◽  
Family Values ◽  
Child Safety ◽  
Youth Policy ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Stranger Danger

The fifth chapter shows how the child safety issue further splintered federal juvenile justice and youth policy along racial fault lines. Tracing the movements of rightwing luminary Alfred S. Regnery, chapter 5 illustrates how public fears about stranger danger served to lengthen the punitive, policing arm of the federal welfare state, to undercut the children’s rights gains of the 1960s and 1970s, and to bolster the politics of “family values.” As OJJDP director, Regnery used the child safety scare to “toughen” juvenile justice policies targeting working-class, nonwhite youth, while simultaneously embellishing the severity of moral threats facing “innocent” children (coded as white and middle-class). To that end, Regnery employed racialized language that cast virtually all juvenile offenders as nonwhite. The “typical candidate for juvenile arrest,” he claimed, was “most likely black, possibly Hispanic.” Such rhetoric prefigured the “superpredator” discourse that crystallized in the 1990s and helped exacerbate racialized mass incarceration.

Developmental Implications of Undergraduate Student Attitudes Concerning Juvenile Justice

NASPA Journal ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph L. Murray ◽  
Don C. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Class Standing ◽  
Lower Division ◽  
Service Learning Projects ◽  
Learning Projects

Students' preferences concerning systems of juvenile justice were compared using gender and class standing as independent variables. The preferences of upper and lower division students differed significantly, with most upper division students opposing trial of juveniles in adult courts and most lower division students favoring the practice. The authors discuss the implications of students' general patterns of moral reasoning in relation to their service on campus judicial boards and in service learning projects involving juvenile offenders.

The Effects of a Peer-Mediated Reading Intervention on Juvenile Offenders’ Main Idea Statements About Informational Text

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 290-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jade Wexler ◽  
Deborah K. Reed ◽  
Erin E. Barton ◽  
Marisa Mitchell ◽  
Erin Clancy
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Struggling Readers ◽  
Reading Intervention ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Informational Text ◽  
Main Ideas

Many youth in the juvenile justice system with or at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders struggle with reading. A multiple-baseline-across-participants single-case research design was used to examine the relationship between a supplemental peer-mediated reading intervention and juvenile offenders’ generation of main idea statements about informational text, which we used as an indicator of reading comprehension. Overall, students demonstrated considerable variability across conditions, which may have been related to contextual factors in the juvenile justice facility. Visual analysis of the results suggested a moderately positive, although variable, impact on students’ generation of main ideas. Implementing rigorously designed research in juvenile justice facilities remains challenging. We discuss implications for providing supplemental reading intervention for struggling readers within these settings.

The Rights of Children in Conflict with the Law in Ghana

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Kwame Ame
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
Female Circumcision ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Daunting Task ◽  
Female Children ◽  
The Law ◽  
Key Questions

AbstractIn a country where implementing children's rights in general remains a major challenge, the idea of according rights to children in conflict with the law can be a daunting task. With too many other children's problems to deal with such as the millions of street children and child laborers, female circumcision, and sexual violence against female children, the needs and rights of juvenile offenders could easily be relegated to the bottom of the government's priorities for children. Nonetheless, by virtue of ratifying the UNCRC in 1990, Ghana has made a commitment to address the needs and respect the rights of children in Ghana including its juvenile offenders. Thirteen years after ratifying the CRC, the Ghanaian Parliament passed the Juvenile Justice Act 2003 (Act 653). What rights does the Act accord children in conflict with the law? Do the policies and practices of the new juvenile justice system measure up to the standards of the Convention? These are the key questions addressed in this paper. The paper concludes that vis a vis the CRC, the new Juvenile Justice Act looks good on paper but argues that there is a colossal gap between policy and practice. The paper ends with suggestions on how to effectively protect the rights of children in conflict with the law.

A System-Level Intervention to Encourage Collaboration Between Juvenile Justice and Public Health Agencies to Promote HIV/STI Testing

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine S. Elkington ◽  
Anne Spaulding ◽  
Sheena Gardner ◽  
Danica Knight ◽  
Steven Belenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Health Agency ◽  
The United States ◽  
Practice Change ◽  
System Level ◽  
Public Health Agencies ◽  
Treatment Services ◽  
Sti Testing ◽  
Health Agencies

Justice-involved youth are at high risk for HIV and STIs, and justice agencies are uniquely poised to offer HIV/STI testing. However, testing in these settings is not routine and represents a missed opportunity. This study describes a system-level implementation intervention designed to increase access to HIV/STI testing through juvenile justice (JJ) and public health agency collaboration across six counties in six states in the United States. Local change teams, active facilitation, and training were utilized to facilitate agency partnerships and development of HIV/STI practice change protocols. Five counties established health and JJ partnerships and four counties successfully implemented their protocols. Sites with HIV/STI education and testing protocols behaviorally screened 98.5% of youth and tested 41.2% of those youth; 0% were HIV+ and 43.2% had an STI. The intervention provides a feasible, scalable solution, through promoting partnerships between JJ and health agencies, to link youth to testing and treatment services.

scholarly journals Perceptions of Law Enforcement Towards Juvenile Offenders [Clark Atlanta University]

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spencer Evelyn ◽  
Medha Talpade
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Juvenile Offender ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Purposeful Sampling ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
First Contact

In the most recent statistics, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJPD, 2017) recorded that in 2016 law enforcement agencies in the U.S made an estimated 856,130 arrests of persons under age 18. The topic of juvenile offenders has been a controversial debate for several years. Many argue that juveniles are not as fully developed mentally as adults and their crimes are generated from a youth’s mentality. This qualitative study explores the perceptions of juveniles by police officers. The purpose is to identify whether age, or the crime committed, and the outcome of that crime influences their perceptions. Additionally, exploring the police officers’ beliefs regarding the disciplinary actions for juveniles is an important consideration because it may influence their first contact treatment of the juvenile offender. The research questions that lead this study are: What are the perceptions of police officers about the disciplinary punishments for juvenile offenders? Purposeful sampling was used for the study. Participants were eligible if they were (1) worked as law enforcement for a minimum of 5 years, and (2) worked with juvenile offenders directly. A sample of 5 law enforcement officers, considered key informants, who worked with juvenile offenders, participated in this study. Data analyses was conducted with the Atlas Ti. Validation strategies such as member checking, rich thick descriptions, and reflexivity were used. Results of the overall themes indicated that most favor having early intervention and prevention programs for juveniles as well as rehabilitation instead of incarceration. Results should aid juvenile justice officials and use the perspectives inform interventions to prevent recidivism.

scholarly journals Juvenile Punishment System in View of the Need for Education and Reintegration

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Jola Bode
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Development Stage ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Special Treatment ◽  
Negative Effects

Due to age and development stage, juveniles enjoy a special status in relation to adult persons. The status as a juvenile in the criminal field raises the request for treatment in accordance with the physical-psychic characteristics of the juvenile and his educational needs. The punishment system is an important component of the criminal justice system for juveniles. As such, it must respond to requests for a special treatment consistent with the personality of juveniles and individual education needs. This system should be oriented towards the goal of education and rehabilitation of the juvenile. In accordance with the international standards of juvenile justice and contemporary legislation, the Criminal Code of the Republic of Albania (CC) has sanctioned a number of rules that allow for special treatment for juveniles in the area of the punishment system. Despite the positive aspects, the provisions of the Code were insufficient in view of the requirements of international standards and the need for education and reintegration. The legal reform which also included the criminal justice system for juveniles brought a number of changes in the area of juvenile punishment system too. With the entry into force of the Juvenile Criminal Code (JCC) it was possible to establish a special and autonomous system of penalties applicable to juvenile offenders. The implementation of this system serves a friendly juvenile justice aimed at avoiding the negative effects of imprisonment and tends towards social rehabilitation and reintegration. This study discusses the novelties brought by JCC in terms of the meaning, classification and determination of juvenile sentence system and it will be reflected in relation to the challenges of the effective implementation of the provisions relating to the punishment system. Conclusions will also be drawn regarding the compliance of this system with the request for special treatment of juvenile perpetrators and the need for integration and reintegration.

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