CHAPTER SIXTEEN

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CHAPTER SIXTEEN

• FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN JUVENILE JUSTICE

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Current View

• Juvenile offenders viewed as
• More violent
• Less remorseful
• Less receptive to treatment
• Changes
• Get tough
• Punitive model

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Balanced and Restorative Justice Model (BARJ)

• Bridge traditional model with accountability
  aspects of punitive model
• Goals
• Accountability
• Competency
• Public safety
• What is the guiding principle?

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Future Directions

• of juveniles will dramatically increase by 2010
• New grant funds
• Increase in juvenile facilities
• Prevention strategies
• Early intervention programs

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Specialty Courts

• Youth courts
• Drug courts
• Gun courts
• 1st time non-violent offenders
• Parents involved
• Firearms education
• Lower recidivism

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Intervention

• Project CRAFT
• Private business
• Incorporates
• Training
• Community service
• High job placement
• Lower recidivism
• JOLT
• 1st time offender in low-level hate crime
• Counseling and education
• Community service
• Letter of apology

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Parental Liability

• Damages of child
• Contributing to delinquency
• Neglect
• New laws
• Failure to supervise
• Failure to get treatment
• Penalties
• Restitution
• Cost of treatment, probation, detention
• Jail

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Review

• How are juveniles currently viewed?
• What is BARJ?
• What are the goals of BARJ?
• What are drug courts?
• What are gun courts?
• What is Project CRAFT?
• What is JOLT?

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Review

• How can a parent be held liable for the criminal
  acts of their child?
• What types of new laws have been instituted?
• What are possible penalties for parents is found
  responsible for acts of their child?

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FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN JUVENILE JUSTICE

• END CHAPTER SIXTEEN