America can only be as great as the generation that is yet to come. The young people in America are facing an incarceration epidemic and the professionals behind the research being conducted believe that this could become a serious problem for the youth that experience the harsh conditions of being locked up. The author of “No Place for Kids: The Case for Reducing Juvenile Incarceration” conducted a study in which he compiled various literature sources and statistics to support his claim for the need to end mass incarceration in the United States (cite).
For over a century, the main form of punishment for adolescents that commit crimes has been to confine them in correctional facilities such as “large juvenile corrections institutions, alterna¬tively …show more content…
The first recommendation is to “limit the eligibility for correctional placements” (cite). This means, states would make stricter rules about the severity of crimes that constitute placement into a correctional facility in order to reduce the number of children in the confinement (cite). Secondly, the researcher suggests investing in a promising and non-residential alternative (cite). Several of the ideas are multisystemic therapy, functional family therapy, and multidimensional therapy; also, programs that incorporate academic instruction, assign youth development workers, or specialized treatment (cite). The programs have shown to reduce recidivism rates when implemented (cite). Thirdly, the researcher suggests changing the financial incentives where funds are divided more evenly and with fixed budgets in place so that funding is not wasted and resources are used more appropriately (cite). The fourth recommendation relates to adopting reforms that implement best practice in order to insure that youth offenders are being managed with strategies that have been measured and proven to increase quality outcomes (cite). The fifth recommendation suggests that large institutions be replaced with small, treatment-oriented facilities because the small institutions will allow for more individualized care for the dangerous few that need more serious treatment (cite). Lastly, the researcher suggest that data be used to hold these new systems accountable and to ensure that recidivism decreases and treatment of each child is equal and justice
For over a century, the main form of punishment for adolescents that commit crimes has been to confine them in correctional facilities such as “large juvenile corrections institutions, alterna¬tively …show more content…
The first recommendation is to “limit the eligibility for correctional placements” (cite). This means, states would make stricter rules about the severity of crimes that constitute placement into a correctional facility in order to reduce the number of children in the confinement (cite). Secondly, the researcher suggests investing in a promising and non-residential alternative (cite). Several of the ideas are multisystemic therapy, functional family therapy, and multidimensional therapy; also, programs that incorporate academic instruction, assign youth development workers, or specialized treatment (cite). The programs have shown to reduce recidivism rates when implemented (cite). Thirdly, the researcher suggests changing the financial incentives where funds are divided more evenly and with fixed budgets in place so that funding is not wasted and resources are used more appropriately (cite). The fourth recommendation relates to adopting reforms that implement best practice in order to insure that youth offenders are being managed with strategies that have been measured and proven to increase quality outcomes (cite). The fifth recommendation suggests that large institutions be replaced with small, treatment-oriented facilities because the small institutions will allow for more individualized care for the dangerous few that need more serious treatment (cite). Lastly, the researcher suggest that data be used to hold these new systems accountable and to ensure that recidivism decreases and treatment of each child is equal and justice