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Juvenile recidivism is a prevalent problem in the criminal justice system. Tackling reoffending remains a complex task requiring several strategies and aims. It involves research, acknowledgement of causes, factors, exploration, and evaluation of subgroups to generate long-term, positive changes in the lives of juvenile offenders. From gang violence to Interactive, Constructive, Active, and Passive (ICAP), researchers discover some of the reasons why juveniles reoffend and the kinds of intervention methods that may help or worsen the problem of juvenile recidivism. Intervention philosophies like surveillance, discipline, close monitoring may increase recidivism rates. Restorative programs, counseling, skill building programs, as well as multiple coordinated services decrease recidivism rates. Comment by Max Dugan: I would put evaluation at the end of the list vs. first. Comment by Max Dugan: Need to spell out all acronyms before using in APA format.
Relevance
Juvenile offenders and reoffenders are an important problem facing the United States criminal justice system. For more than one hundred years, states held the belief that the juvenile justice system acted as a vehicle to safeguard the public via offering a structure that enables the rehabilitation of children growing into adulthood. States identified the difference of children committing crimes versus adult offenders (Loeber & Farrington, 2012). For example, the states saw them as less blameworthy with a higher capacity for longstanding, true change. Therefore, states have founded a distinct court system especially for the handling and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders along with a separate and different youth-based service delivery system that offers additional aid not found in the adult justice system.
The juvenile justice system offers insight into the study of criminal justice. It is an important area for development of proper rehabilitation techniques that will help juvenile offenders and reoffenders find a means of becoming self-sufficient law abiding adults in society. Rehabilitative efforts have improved but still fall short of achieving their goals even with the expansion of criminal justice professions. Criminal justice professions have grown in the juvenile offender area (Loeber & Farrington, 2012). New roles are meant to engage juvenile offenders on a level that promotes growth and rehabilitation. These roles are youth security specialists, juvenile rehabilitation security officer, and juvenile rehabilitation counselor (Krohn & Lane, 2015). These jobs shift the juvenile justice system towards enabling positive transitions of juvenile offenders into law-abiding adults. Comment by Max Dugan: If you have reoffenders then is there an issue with the rehabilitation used? Comment by Max Dugan: These roles are security specialists, rehabilitation security officer and rehabilitation counselor.
Society benefits the most from research and study in the area of juvenile offenders (Bates & Swan, 2013). Juvenile offenders can and do develop into adult offenders if not properly rehabilitated that then reoffend and create potential problems for the public. They can become a danger to society if the juvenile offenders feel they have no option but to engage in delinquent behavior. Many times, juvenile delinquents need guidance to avoid reoffending as seen through the ICAP framework. "The ICAP hypothesis predicts that as students become more engaged with the learning materials, from passive to active to constructive to interactive, their learning will increase" (Chi & Wylie, 2014, p. 219). Should juvenile offenders receive assistance that enables higher levels of engagement in key areas like academics and skills, the potential for recidivism may decrease. That guidance cannot be achieved without proper research conducted to discover what techniques are needed to help juvenile offenders avoid reoffending. Comment by Max Dugan: If not properly rehabilitated. Comment by Max Dugan: Are there cases that show this isn't the case? Otherwise this sentence looks like filler.
Introduction
Juvenile offenders are an important part of the criminal justice system. They are the population of offenders that benefit the most from rehabilitation and have the greatest potential for change (Bates & Swan, 2013). Programs created to aid juvenile offenders and prevent them from reoffending have not been as successful as intended in the last thirty years. However, recent changes to strategies and theoretical have increased (Machteld & Vanderland, 2016). Comment by Max Dugan: Reference -- what time frame are you talking about?
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