A Study On Juvenile Offenders

As many would imagine, juveniles are often hesitant to fully admit the extent of their abuse or the actual number of victims they have created. Juvenile sex offenders who are in denial about their offenses do not typically engage in and comply with treatment (Hunter & Figueredo, 2000; Maletzky, 1991). The first step of treatment is to get the offenders to take full accountability for the actions that brought them to treatment in the first place. This process can take several months. In order to move

On 08/30/2015 at 20:34 hours, I, Deputy Stacy Stark #1815 attempted an address verification of the juvenile sex offender, Raymond Charles Proffitt (M/W, DOB: 01/11/1986) at 21 Lavender Lane, Makanda, IL 62958. The current resident, Kevin James Paskauskas (M/W, DOB: 06/28/1974) answered the door at 21 Lavender Lane, Makanda, IL 62958. Paskauskas stated he lived at this address along with his girlfriend, Melissa D. Mattoon (F/W, DOB: 09/14/1968). Mattoon is Proffitt’s mother. Paskauskas

counselors’ perceptions of juvenile sex offenders in schools. Journal of School Counseling, 14. Retrieved from http://www.jsc.montana.edu/articles/v14n1.pdf 1. The number of juveniles committing sexual offenses is steadily growing causing a reasonable concern for counselors and their schools. 2. The juvenile sex offender needs to be supported in-school but is often neglected because there are no rules and regulations to prompt action. 3. Recidivism rates among juvenile sex offenders are low suggesting

rate of juvenile offenders. There are many different instruments used to help classify delinquent youths and their likelihood of reoffending. Risk / needs assessment were primarily designed to the male population. Many researchers have examined gendered differences and feel as if there should be a “different need” approach that should be in place for women (Stephane M. Shepherd, 2012). Further researchers have found that females commit crime just as harsh and harmful as male juvenile offenders. By examining

Methods This research study will be explanatory using secondary data analysis. This study will analyze recidivism rates from the past 4 years, of female juvenile offenders after being placed in a juvenile detention facility or juvenile female offenders who have been placed in alternative programs in comparison to repeat female juvenile offenders who have not been incarcerated or placed in alternative programs. Data gathered from self-reports will be excluded from this study. Collecting self-reporting

extremely much higher rates in the 2000’s) that portions of juvenile offenders commit most of the chronic, and violent, crimes of juvenile offenders. In a study conducted by Philadelphia birth cohort (Figlio, Wolfgang, Sellin, 1972) found that these “chronic offenders” (including having five or more police contact activities) in whole, constituted six percent of the cohort, and a rising figure of 18 percent of all delinquents. The juvenile offenders were again responsible for the rising of 64 percent of

Introduction: When examining the juvenile justice system for fairness there are many areas that must be investigated. One must look at the police’s enforcement of the law and the juvenile court’s prosecution defendants. The question being asked is this being done fairly to all minors who deal with the juvenile justice system? Why do some juveniles with identical crimes receive different punishments from the court? How do the courts justify these disparities in enforcement? While there are many

available on the effects of restorative justice on juvenile recidivism range from meta-analyses of multiple studies to individual program studies. According to Bradshaw and Roseborough (2005), “The use of meta-analytic methods provides a useful means for summarizing diverse research findings across restorative justice studies and synthesizing these findings in an objective manner.” (p. 19). Four meta-analytic studies reveal an overall reduction in juvenile recidivism (Bradshaw and Roseborough 2005; Bradshaw

crimes such as murder, burglary and rape have raised questions as to whether the young offenders should face severe punitive treatment or the normal punitive measures in juvenile courts. Many would prefer the juveniles given harsh punishment in order to discourage other young people from engaging in similar activities and to serve as a lesson to these particular offenders. However, results from previous studies indicate such punitive measures were neither successful nor morally acceptable. Instead

among juveniles is not a new phenomenon there has been a dramatic increase in the concern of this problem over the last two decades. As the number of juvenile sex offenders arrested increases, the recognition of it as a serious issue also increases. The anxiety over juvenile sex crimes has led to a wide variety of research being conducted to determine if there are antecedent traits in offenders. The tremendous data collected and analyzed to try to understand the factors leading a juvenile to sexually