Many say it takes a village to raise a child and I believe this has come truth to it. Many can vulture that having a multiple people support system is best for juvenile and the youth in general. Serious juvenile offenders are at high risk for mental and physical health problems Treatment for serious/violent juvenile offenders are very scarious. Once a person commits a serious/violent crime as a member of the youth community end up feeling like they are drowning in a cup of water. The services provided for them hardly seem to help and many of them come out with more problems than they went in with.
As a result many of them fall back into the court system with less of a way out then before because now they are second-rate offenders. Getting …show more content…
The study provides information regarding the long-term efficacy of MST which included: number of adults, number of days sentenced for confinement in the adult court system, and number of days sentenced to adults probation. Each family was randomly assigned MST or IT. “Average age for first arrest was 11.7 years and at the time of treatment was 14.5 years. 69.3% were boys, 30.7% were girls, 76.1% were white, 22.2% were African American, 1.1% were Asian and 0.9% were Hispanic.”(Schaeffer & Borduin, 2005) MST works closely with finding what correlates and causes of serious delinquent behavior. MST uses a home and community base model of service delivery. All of the offenders in this condition received IT that focused on personal, family, and academic issues. “The therapists offered support, feedback, and encouragement for behavior change. The researchers concluded that MST participants were significantly less likely to be arrested than were IT participants (50% vs 81%).”(Schaeffer & Borduin, 2005) the probability of getting re-arrested for drugs, and violent (or nonviolent) offenses were 2 to 4 times lower for MST than IT. I didn’t find that statistic shocking because of the many components MST looks into. MST worked on behavior problems, parental disturbance, problematic family relations and other underlining problems associated with deviant peers, and poor school performance. This all shows looking at different components of a juvenile’s life helps with
As a result many of them fall back into the court system with less of a way out then before because now they are second-rate offenders. Getting …show more content…
The study provides information regarding the long-term efficacy of MST which included: number of adults, number of days sentenced for confinement in the adult court system, and number of days sentenced to adults probation. Each family was randomly assigned MST or IT. “Average age for first arrest was 11.7 years and at the time of treatment was 14.5 years. 69.3% were boys, 30.7% were girls, 76.1% were white, 22.2% were African American, 1.1% were Asian and 0.9% were Hispanic.”(Schaeffer & Borduin, 2005) MST works closely with finding what correlates and causes of serious delinquent behavior. MST uses a home and community base model of service delivery. All of the offenders in this condition received IT that focused on personal, family, and academic issues. “The therapists offered support, feedback, and encouragement for behavior change. The researchers concluded that MST participants were significantly less likely to be arrested than were IT participants (50% vs 81%).”(Schaeffer & Borduin, 2005) the probability of getting re-arrested for drugs, and violent (or nonviolent) offenses were 2 to 4 times lower for MST than IT. I didn’t find that statistic shocking because of the many components MST looks into. MST worked on behavior problems, parental disturbance, problematic family relations and other underlining problems associated with deviant peers, and poor school performance. This all shows looking at different components of a juvenile’s life helps with