Targeting Intervention Strategies to Reduce Juvenile Recidivism

1995 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Coumarelos ◽  
Don Weatherburn
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Criminal Record ◽  
Young Offenders ◽  
Repeat Offenders ◽  
Juvenile Recidivism ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Labelling Theory ◽  
Juvenile Justice Policy

Under the influence of labelling theory, juvenile justice policy has tended to emphasise the importance of diverting young offenders away from court. This emphasis has been reinforced by recent claims that community-based restorative sanctions, such as Community Aid Panels (CAPs) and Family Group Conferences (FGCs), are more effective in reducing juvenile recidivism than sending young offenders to court. This article critically reviews the labelling theory thesis that formal processing of juvenile offenders is inherently criminogenic. Having concluded that the thesis lacks empirical support, it then goes on to argue that strategies designed to reduce juvenile recidivism are more appropriately targeted at repeat offenders rather than those with no or little prior criminal record.

The Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Recidivism in a Sample of Juvenile Offenders in Community-Based Treatment

2015 ◽  
Vol 61 (11) ◽  
pp. 1210-1242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin T. Wolff ◽  
Michael T. Baglivio ◽  
Alex R. Piquero
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
Life Outcomes ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
Juvenile Justice Policy ◽  
The Relationship

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been identified as a key risk factor for a range of negative life outcomes, including delinquency. Much less is known about how exposure to negative experiences relates to continued offending among juvenile offenders. In this study, we examine the effect of ACEs on recidivism in a large sample of previously referred youth from the State of Florida who were followed for 1 year after participation in community-based treatment. Results from a series of Cox hazard models suggest that ACEs increase the risk of subsequent arrest, with a higher prevalence of ACEs leading to a shorter time to recidivism. The relationship between ACEs and recidivism held quite well in demographic-specific analyses. Implications for empirical research on the long-term effects of traumatic childhood events and juvenile justice policy are discussed.

The effect of custodial penalties on juvenile reoffending

2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew McGrath ◽  
Don Weatherburn
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Propensity Score ◽  
Propensity Score Matching ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Young Offenders ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Matched Group ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Children’S Court ◽  
Using Data

This study uses propensity score matching to test the proposition that imprisonment deters future criminal activity among juvenile offenders. Using data from all court appearances of juveniles in the NSW Children’s Court (Australia) between 2003 and 2004 ( N = 6196), the reoffending of a group of young offenders sentenced to control (i.e. custodial) orders ( N = 376) was compared to a matched group of offenders receiving community-based sanctions. No differences were observed between the two groups. The young offenders given detention orders had a slightly lower rate of reoffending, but this difference was not significant. The results of this study indicate that, over the time period examined in this study, the imposition of a custodial sentence had no effect on the risk of reoffending.

scholarly journals Juvenile Probation Professionals’ Perceptions of Community-Based Probation Practices

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Darren R. Beneby
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Juvenile Recidivism ◽  
Juvenile Probation ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Juvenile Offending ◽  
Attitudinal Factors ◽  
Supervision Strategies

<p>Recent budget restraints and heightened concerns for juvenile offenders’ safety and well-being have compelled juvenile justice policymakers and practitioners to implement community-based approaches for reducing juvenile recidivism.  This paper explores whether individual, organizational, and attitudinal factors influence juvenile probation professionals’ perceptions of the community-based probation (CBP) model, a supervision strategy that emphasizes establishing community partnerships to rehabilitate youths.  Seventy-one juvenile probation professionals working in probation agencies across Texas completed questionnaires asking them about their perceptions of CBP and its impact on current juvenile offending trends.  Results of regression analyses revealed that rehabilitation-oriented juvenile probation professionals were more likely to attribute current decreases in juvenile offending to CBP and more likely to believe that CBP does not endanger public safety.  Interestingly, the age of juvenile probation professionals was correlated with an increased probability that professionals believed that CBP poses no threat to public safety. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications for supervision strategies and directions for future research.     </p>

Assessing Attitudes Toward Juveniles and Adults Adjudicated for Sexual Offenses in Canada: Does Offender Age Matter?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon Sparks
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Adolescent Development ◽  
Sentence Length ◽  
Juvenile Crime ◽  
Young Offenders ◽  
Moral Outrage ◽  
Sexual Offenses ◽  
The Past ◽  
Effect Of Age

Over the past several decades, societal responses to juvenile crime has evolved from harsh sentences (including death) to more lenient punishments in congruence with our greater understanding of adolescent development. However, some groups of young offenders, such as those convicted of sexual offenses, appear to have fallen victim to a more punitive zeitgeist, where the mitigating effect of age may be diminished. In a 3 x (2) design, participants were randomly assigned to one of three vignette conditions and completed several measures regarding both juveniles and adults adjudicated for sexual offenses, including attitudes, moral outrage, and recommendations for sentence length and registration. Results indicated that adjudicated juveniles are viewed more favourably than their adult counterparts, although both received relatively long sentences. Further, over 90% of participants endorsed some form of registration for juvenile offenders. Implications for offender reintegration and public policy are discussed below.

Neighborhood Context and Juvenile Recidivism: A Spatial Analysis of Organizations and Reoffending Risk

2021 ◽  
pp. 001112872199933
Author(s):  
Kendra Thompson-Dyck
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Neighborhood Disadvantage ◽  
Neighborhood Context ◽  
Survival Models ◽  
Juvenile Recidivism ◽  
Residential Proximity ◽  
Detention Centers ◽  
Point Level

Leveraging point-level spatial data from the Phoenix area, we consider the role of nearby organizations as contextual factors that amplify or reduce reoffending risk among juvenile offenders after court completion. Using survival models, we examine whether residential proximity to seven types of organizations impacts risk of recidivism, net of neighborhood disadvantage and offender characteristics. Aggregate neighborhood disadvantage was not associated with reoffending risk and organizational findings were mixed. Low-level offenders with more total organizations nearby had a higher risk of new property offenses, while the risk of drug and violent reoffending nearly doubled for diversion youth residing near police facilities or detention centers. Individual demographics and prior offense histories remained the strongest, most consistent predictors of juvenile recidivism.

From Global Health Challenges to Community-Based and Individual Psychosocial Intervention Strategies

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (08) ◽  
pp. 327-328
Author(s):  
Anja Mehnert ◽  
Heide Glaesmer ◽  
Siegfried Geyer
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Psychosocial Intervention ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Medizinische Psychologie

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,wir freuen uns, Sie im Namen beider Fachgesellschaften und des Leipziger Kongressteams zur gemeinsamen Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Psychologie (DGMP) und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Soziologie (DGMS) einzuladen, die vom 26. bis 28. September 2018 auf dem Campus der Universität Leipzig stattfindet (www.dgmp-dgms-2018.de).

scholarly journals Community-Based Stunting Intervention Strategies: Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 259
Author(s):  
Lita Heni Kusumawardani ◽  
Rasdiyanah Rasdiyanah ◽  
Utami Rachmawati ◽  
Muhamad Jauhar ◽  
I Gusti Ayu Putu Desy Rohana
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Normal Children ◽  
Nutritional Interventions ◽  
Attitudes And Practices

Stunting is a growth disorder in children caused by malnutrition for a long time. The child's condition becomes shorter than normal children his age and has a delay in thinking. The incidence of stunting in Indonesia is quite high sostunting is becoming a priority health problem now. An effective strategy is needed to control stunting in Indonesia. The aim of this review was to explore the stunting management strategies to potentially implement in Indonesia.A literature review design was used to explore the stunting management strategies. Literature study of 15 articles retrieved from the journal database of Science Direct, Proquest, Scopus, and EBSCO in the last 5 years using keywords stunting, management, rural areas, and community based. Data were analyzed in tables consist of title, author, year, sample, methodology, and result. Control and preventionstunting could done through integrated nutrition interventions.Strategy Specific nutritional interventions such as providing supplementation and supplementary food plus nutritional interventions including non-health interventions, improving the family's economy, access and utilization of clean water, sanitation (especially latrines and safe septic tanks), which are urgently needed to support personal hygiene behavior and the environment . Interventions can use mother's counseling and support methods regularly by health workers by involving health cadres.Specific and sensitive intervention strategies are effective strategies within stunting control and prevention. Monitoring and evaluation of nutritional knowledge, attitudes and practices coupled with an assessment of the nutritional status and morbidity of mothers and children is also very necessary in controlling and preventing stunting in Indonesia

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