are committed when they are unaware of what they are doing. Rehabilitation helps them turn their lives around and this way they don’t have to the torture in adult prison. "Our country is plagued by the shameful disproportionate treatment of minority youth at all stages in the justice process, and stands alone in the world in our punitive approach to children," observed the National Juvenile Justice Network in December 2008. This shows…
Illustrating the possibility of bias. The researchers acknowledge that their study does not cover racial bias and its influence on the likelihood of being involved in the juvenile justice system. Marsh & Evans (2006) look at the staff at several juvenile detention facilities in order to assess how punitive they are in regards to giving punishments for those who break rules. They found training was related to giving out less punitive punishments. In regards to bias, what this could mean is that…
Have you ever been to summer camp? If you have where? Have your parents ever let you stay at someone’s house for the summer? That is exactly what happens to Margaret Rose Kane in the book The Outcasts of 19 Schedler Place. There are many character in the book The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place the main character is Margaret she’s an only child and her parents left for an archeological dig in Peru for the summer. They told her that she gets to choose who she wants to stay with for the summer,…
Good morning. Society is faced with an increasingly growing problem. The problem is that children and teens are committing heinous crimes at a young age. The question is, do we sentence these children and teens to incarceration for the rest of their lives, or do we instead try to rehabilitate these teens and children and find the root causes of these problems? Do we not grant them a second chance and let them rot in prison, or do we rehabilitate them and help them become important members of…
once in your life. Before the Youth Criminal Justice Act, unreasonable consequences were thrown at you after only committing a minor offence by accident. That’s how important the Youth Criminal Justice Act is; it addresses youth crime in a fair and equitable manner. Since the introduction of the Youth Criminal Justice Act in 2003, we have seen the youth crime rate lower, youth are getting second chances to reintegrate and are receiving more meaningful consequences. Youth face hardships and…
Being Grounded vs. Being in Jail “You can’t ground me! Taking away my phone is taking away my freedom! You’re basically putting in prison!” “You can’t do this to me, I’m a human being with rights!” Nowadays, many teenagers compare any punishment their parents enforce on them to being in jail. However this is not the case, yet a poorly conceived attempt to “sucker” their parents into feeling pity for them. Most parent’s punishments aren’t as severe as being forced a federal penitentiary for…
is fair with the minority youth? Recent studies show that minority juveniles are at a higher risk of being profiled and imprisoned than white juveniles. This gives reasoning to believe that there is an issue regarding minority disparity throughout the juvenile system. Which brings up the question are minority juveniles being arrested more, and are they offered a chance of rehabilitation? As great as this country is we expect equality among each other, but are our youth being deprived of having a…
accompany with it. Ross –a good-looking young man with tattoos up to his neck- recently finished time in prison and has no high school diploma, leading him to dealing drugs as the streets continue to flare. Jondhi Harrell, the executive director to Center for Returning Citizens (TCRC), has been engaged in helping Ross to abandon the ‘street corner’. He provided Ross with a $100 moving job and allows him to access the computers in the front…
Recently I was watching Beyond Scared Straight, a show that broadcasts a juvenile crime prevention program that takes place in prisons around the U.S. In this episode a 17-year-old boy, Jerahn, was facing up to 35 years in jail for credit card fraud. Many would agree and say yes that this boy being nearly an adult should be mindful of his own actions and deserves his sentence. While others,like myself, believe that he should receive a less severe punishment and not be tried as an adult. Each…
Chlamydia screening for all females in juvenile detention amenities is suggested at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Torrone et al., 2015). Recognizing common factors of chlamydia could allow only specific screenings which would then reduce costs while still revealing many infections (Torrone et al. 2015). The study used various factors to classify features affiliated with chlamydia among females aged 12 to 18 years old in a juvenile detention facility in San Diego during January…