modern juvenile justice corrections

Question 1

who are detained in juvenile detention facilities

Answer 1

pre-trial and those sentences to short-term institutionalization

Question 2

programming and life in juvenile detention centers

Answer 2

• training schools offer a wide-range of programming
• include life skills training, GED classes, vocational programming, drug and alcohol treatment, gang intervention- goal is to rehabilitate juveniles and provide life skills to become successful members of society

Question 3

treatment of juveniles in facilities

Question 4

experience of juveniles in adult prisons

Answer 4

• research tends to suggest that housing juveniles in adult facilities is more harmful than juvenile facilities

Question 5

boot camps

Answer 5

• typically split between 1) work detail and strenuous exercise and 2) education and therapy
• goal is to target youth who come from unstructured, low discipline background
• boot camps provide a more positive and structured environment when compared to regular detention facilities
• juveniles sentenced to boot camps become more emotionally stable however, recidivism rates for those sentenced to boot camp are slightly higher than detention centers

Question 6

scared straight

Answer 6

intermediate sanction
- in between probation and institutionalization

Question 7

modern attempts at “rehabilitation”

Answer 7

• boot camps
• forestry camps and ranches
• training schools

Question 8

what happens to juveniles post release

Answer 8

• many releases suffer from mental health or drug issues and do not receive adequate treatment in facilities
• youth often released to high crime neighborhoods they came from
• aftercare or parole thought to be essential to successful re-entry