Essay On Juvenile Recidivism

Adolescents tend get involved with juvenile delinquency for many reasons such as behavioral problems, lack of emotional regulation, no positive social skills, limited parent supervision, peer pressure, and the conditions of their living environments. The practices and approaches put in place to handle juvenile delinquents aim to rehabilitate and decrease the act of recidivism for all offenders. The two best approaches put in place to deal with juvenile delinquency are Restorative Justice Programs and the Aggression Replace Training Program. Restorative Justice offers a way for the offender no what age to make an amends with the victim, victim’s family, the community and with one’s self. By coming together and talking about what to took place, the impact of the offender’s actions, an apology, and planning a …show more content…
I found this approach under the additional resources tab provided by Professor Arbuthnot, all information about the ART program was presented on the website http://www.crimesoultions.gov/programdetail.aspx?ID=257. The main goal of the ART program is to design techniques to teach youths how to control their angry impulses and take perspectives other than their own. Providing them with opportunities to learn prosocial skills in place of aggressive behavior. The ART program consists of a 10-week, 30-hour intervention administered to groups of 8 to 12 juveniles three times per week. The components used are Structured Learning Training (action component), Anger Control Training (affective/emotional component), and Moral Reasoning (thought and values component). Evaluations of the ART program in place for juveniles at the Washington State Institute and Gundersen/Svartdal showed that recidivism rates decreased, behavioral problems reduced, and improvements on the social skill