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  • Essay / Juvenile Recidivism - 3195

    Introduction: Habitual recidivism or relapses into crime has repeatedly been shown to be a problem among offenders, thereby increasing the overall juvenile prison population. This problem has become more widespread than we imagine. Unless a unit for measuring a juvenile's risk of recidivism is adopted and used to determine a system to promote effective prevention, the juvenile prison population will continue to increase. Our justice system should not only focus on punishing said minor, but also implement a program or policy to prevent recidivism. The question therefore remains: how can we prevent recidivism within the juvenile prison population so that it is no longer the central cause of the increase in juvenile delinquency? Simply put, we need to create a way to measure the risk level of juveniles and, in turn, form an effective rehabilitation program that will reduce their risk level for future recidivism. Showing that the problem exists: “Critics of the juvenile justice system say that about 500,000 young people who enter the country's pretrial detention centers each year – 70 percent of them are nonviolent offenders – are thousands too many and that this experience may even increase the chances that they will commit more crimes and become “deeper” in the system” (Hardy 2007). ). These numbers are staggering. Of these half a million young people, 350,000 will be re-incarcerated in just 12 months or less. This is an epidemic that can no longer be avoided. Arrest rates for juvenile violent offenses have also increased significantly in recent decades, with a 61% increase in arrests for violent offenses, even though violent offenders represent a relatively small proportion... middle of paper. .... ORGANIZED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS IN Türkiye. Education, 130(3), 384-398.Furniss, J. (2009). Fighting for the future of young offenders. Corrections Today, 71(3), 36.LU, A. (October 30, 2011). Fewer jails would reduce county costs, one official said. New York Times. p. 25B. Tulman, J.B. (2008). It’s time to reverse the school-to-prison pipeline. (Cover story). Policy & Practice (19426828), 66(1), 22-27. Mulder, E., Brand, E., Bullens, R. and Van Marle, H. (2010). A classification of risk factors among serious juvenile offenders and the relationship between risk factor patterns and recidivism. Criminal Behavior and Mental Health, 20(1), 23-38. doi:10.1002/cbm.754Teitelman, RB & Linhares, GJ (2013). JUVENILE DETENTION REFORM IN MISSOURI: IMPROVING LIVES, IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY AND SAVING MONEY. Albany Law Review, 76(4), 2011-2017.