Juvenile Crimes In The Prison System

The recurring issue arose during the prison system in the United States, citizens that are arrested are more likely to be rearrested in their lifetime. To determine why juveniles do these crimes, a comparative analysis will give information of the past data from the history of juveniles return rate to jail after the first offense. With factors to consider, such as, the family situation and the area in which they will live after being released. Studying this information would be best given by the method of comparative analysis because, the data from the return rate the severity of these individuals are committing could help the future in finding different methods to inspire a change in the lifestyle they had before. Providing these individuals with similar scenarios that would …show more content…
Although, people can change, understanding the reason why they change is an effective skill to have especially when working with juveniles. Moreover, teens are influenced by a variety of different aspects of life in such a short amount of time that they need something to latch onto and learn, and if all they have learned so far is being confined in a prison then it becomes second nature to them so their socialization is always going to be prison, which would, in turn, raise the rate in which they return to these facilities because they are labeled by society when in such a place, that only bad people go to prison and that if one goes to prison then they are just a criminal for the rest of their lives, which is statistically untrue. Despite the fact that the rearrest rate is over 50% there are still some percentage of people that once they go in they take a negative situation and turn it to better themselves and make the most out of the experience and understand that they can still make a living and provide for themselves or a family and not be labeled as a