Juvenile Corrections Research Paper

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In an interview by reporter Lee Hernandez, Q’Orianka Kilcher stated “I think it’s important for us as a society to remember that the youth within juvenile justice systems are, most of the time, youths who simply haven’t had the right mentors and supporters around them — because of circumstances beyond their control” (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/23/qorianka-kilcher-portrays-juvenile-delinquent_n_1444358.html). Juvenile corrections within the world is a major thing
History of the system and development of the system
Within the United States juvenile crimes have been declining over the past couple of decades but unfortunately it is still a social problem that could have serious consequences for juveniles and society. Juvenile corrections
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In 2000, the FBI released one of its studies and found that there were approximately 2.4 million juvenile arrests of children between the ages of thirteen and seventeen (https://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10161/1996/Bayer_building_criminal_capital_behind_bars.pdf%3bjsessionid=A00235EE5ECFC59F7CCE9FB6F1787962?sequence%253D1). The next few years there was an increase among juvenile crimes across the nation and in 2006 there was a change in all arrest counts. The numbers of counts for all ages started to drop and juveniles dropped almost 1 million counts between 2006 and 2012 (https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezaucr/asp/ucr_display.asp). That is an increasingly great statistic and the counts have dropped …show more content…
Group therapy would be great for the juveniles to talk to others in order to have a support system while they are working on the specific programs tailored to themselves. It is extremely important to not treat all the juveniles entering the facility as the same. Each individual coming into the program would have problems in different ways and they are all going to respond in different ways. One juvenile might need a lot of encouragement while in the programs and others may want to do most of it on their own. Some juveniles may also need to have a tender loving side and others may need more of a tough love in order to get through the