The Importance Of Juvenile Justice

Next, there is a tremendous amount of thought occurring in the decision of whether or not a juvenile should be placed in some sort of detention facility (Moore, McArthur, & Saunders, 2013).Numerous factors are considered when removing a juvenile from his or her community. The juvenile justice system does not want to break connections that the youth has, these connections can include familial connections, social connections, or community connections. The court especially does not want to do anything that will increase the chance for re-offending. Therefore, the correct placement of these youth is pertinent to their potential behavioral changes (Moore, McArthur, & Saunders, 2013)!
Numerous types of facilities are in existence, Minor Wells, & …show more content…
There are a myriad of services available, some more prevalent than others however, that is why it is crucial to place the youth within the right facility to ensure they will receive the care they direly need. First, one type of program that is presented by Macomber et al., (2010) is educational programs. These researchers found that if a juvenile has successful schooling, then this can be positively correlated with future employment and not re-offending. Sadly, within this research it was presented by OJJDP (1994), that the actual educational opportunities that are delivered are not at the standard where they need to be, and there is significant room for improvement (Macomber et al., …show more content…
The types of mental health treatments that were looked at included multisystemic therapy, multidimensional interventions, as well as incorporating family in family therapy sessions. The results of this study found that by incorporating these types of mental health options into a treatment plan for delinquent youth it actually reduced their stress levels. Another positive outcome is that mental health services assisted the juveniles having better self-esteem and reduced their substance abuse issue, if