Assignment: Advocacy Components

Review this case study. Define and describe each branch of government and discuss the roles each branch will play in considering this legislation. How would you and your professional organization act to influence this

The Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) began in 1992 by the Annie C. Casey Foundation with the purpose of providing alternatives to low-risk teens being placed in detention centers. Detention decisions are based on criteria standards for possible alternatives to incarceration. Data is collected to provide accurate numbers to help diagnose and provide alternative solutions to system issues. The JDAI is also actively involved in collaborating between government agencies, and policies regarding these system issues and youth reform. Incarceration options also reduce teens being placed in detention for warrants, awaiting placement and violations.

I advocate for a revision of the juvenile justice system that truly promotes social justice. The ideal detention facility I propose for delinquent juveniles more so resembles the practices and concepts the Missouri Division of Youth Services provides. This system does not bar children in cells. It does not force them to wear dehumanizing uniforms, they are provided with sufficient and well-trained mental health professionals. They are provided with anger management programs. It is devoted to “offer a demanding, carefully crafted, multilayered treatment experience, designed to challenge troubled teens and to help them

Unfortunately, juvenile delinquency continued to increase, spiking in the late 1980s and early 1990s. While news headlines touted the juvenile delinquency epidemic, the public became fascinated with the rise of the “juvenile super-predator.” In 1992, frustrated lawmakers, who were determined to end the rise in juvenile delinquency, amended the JJDPA to include USC §5667f. This subsection provided funding for state-operated

A “Yes” vote for this measure meant that various changes have been made to the juvenile and adult criminal law. Among the more significant changes is the requirement that more juvenile offenders are to be tried in adult court; it requires that certain juvenile offenders be held in local or state correctional facilities; increases penalties for gang-related crimes;

The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) is the principal federal program through which the federal government sets standards for juvenile justice systems at the state and local levels. It provides direct funding for states, research, training, and technical assistance, and evaluation. The JJDPA was originally enacted in 1974 and even though the JJDPA has been revised several times over the past 30 years, its basic composition has remained the same. Since the act was passed in 1974, the JJDPA focused solitary on preventing juvenile delinquency and on rehabilitating juvenile offenders.

According to the initiators/sponsors this legislation is important to the citizens of the state because “While potentially dangerous

1. identify legislation relating to health and safety in a health or social care work setting

The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, established in 1974 and most recently reauthorized in 2002, created a partnership between the federal government and the states to protect youth in the juvenile and criminal justice system, address delinquent behavior, and improve community safety by preventing juvenile crime and delinquency. The JJDPA is responsible for the operation of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency prevention, provides a juvenile justice planning and advisory system in each state, and provides federal funding for delinquency prevention and improvements in state and local juvenile justice programs. Under the JJDPA there are four major streams of funding for the Federal-State partnership: (JJDPA, 2007)

The California Youth Authority which is now known as the California Division of Juvenile Justice has gone through years of criticism. This institution is part of the division of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation that offers several programs such as education, training, and treatment for California’s most serious youth offenders. The California Youth Authority became the go to alternative for the increasing rate of juvenile offenders that committed the most heinous crimes. This institution first opened in 1943 as a reform school, and today it functions similar to adult state prisons. Since that time over thousands of inmates were incarcerated inside of the California Youth Authority. In March of 2000, proposition

Through the research from July 30, 2015 and until August 3, 2015 the topic has been heating up. Both sides are not backing down. While the opponents are gathering Signatures, the other side is trying to get others to join them as well.

The purpose of juvenile justice delinquency prevention act of 1974, was to distinguish the separation of juveniles from adult offenders and courts, because crimes that a juvenile commit isn’t fully responsible from what is most likely a status offense. Certain states has age differences to be tried as an adult which some states consider 16 and old or 18 as an adult age. The act had modifications done too it to make it better for juveniles courts is its own court. During the 1980’s states had to refrain from juveniles for being locked out city/county jails. This was due to lack of resources from the offender and making it harder on the jail officer to process them in the system. It is found that it is harder for them to identify juveniles without

There are several organizations that are concerned about Measure 11 as a social welfare problem specifically the stipulation involving minors. The Campaign for Youth Justice advocates for cases involving children as the perpetrator to stay within juvenile court system instead of being waived to adult court as Measure 11 does for 15-, 16-, and 17-year-olds (Mission and Goals, n.d.). This organization has produced reports highlighting a social injustice toward people of color who have been shown to be incarcerated at a higher rate in Oregon from Measure 11 and is one group that is concerned about the statute. Another group concerned with Measure 11’s impact on youth is the Partnership for Safety and Justice which advocates for policies that make the State of Oregon approach people who are convicted a of crime

Martin Luther King Jr. once quoted, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to Justice everywhere.” Teenagers around the world are capable of doing anything their mind is set to do. Once a teen is set in a crime they should be fully responsible for their actions. They should be expected to go through the consequences that are brought upon them. Therefore, we the citizens aren't getting the right safety we deserve. Proposition 21, helps us find our ways of treating Juveniles to see what is well-being for us citizens.

This Special Council duty was to review the juvenile code and to place low to medium-risk youth in secure incarceration facilities, which would save the state money. The state could not see where the money was going to house the juvenile and should 17 years be counted as an adult when breaking the law. The council also suggested that a voluntary funding program be setup to support local facilities.