Juvenile Justice System And Ideas For Deter Recidivism

Juvenile Justice System and Ideas to deter Recidivism Unit 3 Assignment 1 Ann-Marie Cameron Capella University Dr. O’Conner April 30, 2015 Introduction Within the Juvenile system no one really takes the time to systematically track the statistics concerning the changes that need to be made within the system to deter juvenile offenders. The system tends to move slowly when it involves change because it can be costly. So, with many budget cuts happening we will need to tackle the problem, by first looking at the number of juveniles that are committing crimes and at what rate. Then we need to find out what type of programs we can put in place to deter juvenile type offense and keep them down. Once we can analyze the†¦show more content†¦Our juveniles are of great concerns to everyone, because if we are not able to address their problems we will see more of an increase of violence in our youth both male and female. The first dilemma we have to realize is that chance does not cheap, and with so many budgets cuts the â€Å"State and local leaders, are faced with severe budget shortfalls in a slowed economy, and they have begun cutting juvenile justice programs and sending more youthful offenders to juvenile prisons in order to close budget gaps† (Soler, Shoenberg Schindler, 2009). So, what are the latest rates per the national juvenile arrest trends? Well from the Juvenile Arrest Rates for Violent Crime Index Offenses from 1980-2012 there have been some surprises, and they were that there has been a â€Å"5 years of decline, per the juvenile Violent Crime Index arrest rate which reached a new historic low-point in 2012† (â€Å"OJJDP Statistical Briefing†, 2014). OJJDP Statistical Briefing (2014) states that the Juvenile Arrest Rates for Violent Crime Index Offenses, of 1980-2012 shows that rates where generated by the arrests of persons ages 10-17 per 100,000 persons ages 10-17 in the resident population, and that the Violent Crime Index includes the offenses of murder and no negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. There for the when we look at the five year rate it will look like this: †¢ 2008 - 280.3; 2009 - 253.3; 2010 - 224.5; 2011 - 202.4;