Benefits Of Intermediate Corrections

Whether a child who has committed a serious crime deserves rehabilitation or harsh punishment has been argued and the Juvenile Justice System is being blamed. Children who deserve real punishment are receiving rehab and children who deserve rehab are receiving harsh punishment. Many children’s lives are getting ruined because of unnecessary harsh punishment. Some juvenile offenders are not learning their lesson. The article “Sentences Show Acknowledge Juveniles’ Maturity, and Immaturity,” by Laurence Steinburg and the article, “Remember the Victims of Juvenile Offenders,” by Jenifer Bishop-Jenkins differ not only in their views of issues surrounding the American juvenile justice system, they differ in quality; however, Steinburg who argues for rehabilitation, clearly presents the best argument using logical reasoning and relevant evidence.

In my opinion, instead of throwing offenders in jail for crimes probation is a great remedy which has impacted many individuals for being incarcerated. I think probation should be an option for minor crimes and should be more enforced often. I think community correction is great program that should be implemented and required in all states, thus allowing minor offender the opportunity to be reformed on the outside. I specifically implored community conviction especially as related to juvenile. Often time juveniles are at the wrong place at the wrong time unjustly prosecuted due to lack of family support and money. This service will greatly impact juveniles in a poor community, and does

Intermediate sanctions and community corrections are increasingly used to fill the gap between the classic sanctions of imprisonment and probation. The applications of these intermediate measures, including particularly community service, have proved problematic. Fortunately, measures can be taken to greatly improve intermediate sanctions and community service, in particular, can be improved through communication.

In order to properly address mandatory incarceration for chronic juvenile offender’s criminal activities, it is important to begin with psychological assessments and evaluations. Half of our youths have experienced some type of psychological trauma such as depression, PTSD, personality disorders, anxiety, anger issues, or dissociation, just to name a few (Moroz, K. 2009). In order to determine mandatory incarceration, all of these factors must be considered. I will agree with most of our society that is , if they are a danger to society and serious of the crime, they need to be put into detention, where they cannot cause harm but where they can received the right intervention program and mental health treatment for them, it’s the law. The juvenile justice system is to rehabilitate not punish young offenders. Punishment is not the answer in solving their delinquent behavioral patterns.

Electronic monitoring and intensive supervision are among the most commonly used forms of intermediate sanctions today. Intermediate sanctions are delivered through a variety of programs such as, fines, intensive supervision, restitution, substance abuse treatment, electronic monitoring, boot camps and halfway houses. Different types of sanctions may be coupled, such as restitution with intensive supervision or substance abuse treatment, or use in sequence, such as boot camp followed by intensive supervision. Furthermore, intermediate sanctions are different from traditional forms of sentencing in the fact that they are oriented less toward rehabilitation and more toward retribution, deterrence, and incapacitation. They are more punitive and more restrictive. The recent popularity of intermediate sanctions is attributable largely to the record high levels of prison crowding that plaque many jurisdictions and a corresponding need to devise acceptable alternatives to

Most of the time, the system has proven itself to be unsuccessful in dealing with juvenile crimeMost often, the system is unsuccessful. “There are kids who are five times more likely to be raped or otherwise sexually assaulted in adult prisons than in juvenile facilities. The risk of suicide is likewise much higher for juveniles in adult jails.”(How to reduce crime Pg 3). When juveniles are sent to jail, they are still relatively impressionable from people in the prison, and may go back into crime after they’re released, hindering rehabilitation and just creating another violent criminal in the world. The court sentencing the criminal is also at

Intermediate sanctions are a form of punishment used in the criminal justice system, these criminal sentences fall between probation and incarceration. There are a lot of intermediate sanctions out there, but there is one I think that makes more since to me more than any of the others. The one that make more since to me is house arrest and electronic monitoring. First, the offender sees his or hers probation officer three to five times a week and the probation officer can come to their workplace or house. I feel like house arrest and electronic monitoring can keep track of the offenders the best. Also, I feel like it helps the offender get back on the right track. The probation officer can keep track of their daily activities and make sure

We are living in a society where state and federal governments have implemented and developed new alternatives to reducing overcrowding in correctional facilities, costs, managing higher-risk offenders in the community, reducing crime and achieving greater fairness and effectiveness in criminal sentencing for adults. These innovations are called intermediate sanctions. It includes intensive probation supervision, house arrests, electronic monitoring, restitution orders, shock incarcerations or split sentences and residential community corrections. The intermediate sanctions have the advantage of offering alternatives to overcrowded jails and prisons. Consequently, penal institutions have not only proven to be costly but also ineffective and

Many of the punishments included with juveniles generally, don’t include therapeutic programs. They aren’t designed to deal with the underlying emotional or behavioural problems most children struggle with. According to Kathryn Rudlin of LCSW “Youth Boot-camps are not effective as there can be many reasons, why the teen would do the crime. So, unless the facility caters for these teens it isn’t going to be effective or help them with for the future.” (Kathryn Rudlin, 2016)

Dwanson the description of intermediate sanctions you used was a very good The presentence investigation is a crucial part of having a successful intermediate sanction. Not all offenders should be given intermediate sanctions. The intermediate sanctions should be given priority to low risk offenders, nonviolent offenders, first time offenders, employed offenders, among others who have something to contribute to society and are likely not hurt the community while they are released. Intermediate sanctions and net widening has been a practical way to help relieve the pressure on the overpopulated jails and prisons in the United States. This has helped reduced cost of housing offenders and decreased the amount of correctional facilities that were

With this act only the most serious and violent offenders would be kept in custody. The youth with misdemeanors would be diverted into specialized programs working to manage their core problems. There would also be alternatives to detention through initiatives by minimizing the use of secure detention centers while preserving the community, reduce racial and ethical disputes, minimize the re-arrest and failure to appear rates pending adjudication. Try and encourage the juveniles so they know and care about their future to be positive. “There are five approaches to punishment they are deterrence, rehabilitation, incapacitation, retribution, and vengeance (Nina).” Deterrence is used to guide a person from committing a criminal act out of fear of punishment. Rehabilitation is to counter criminal recidivism. Incapacitation is keeping the offender off the streets while removing the ability for him to commit future crimes. In retribution the punishment should fit the crime and the criminal should give something up for the

Adolescents are still developing emotionally and socially and often do not understand the consequences of their actions, whereas able-bodied adults are nearly fully developed and have the mental capability of understanding the consequences. When adolescent offenders are transferred into a system where they are simply being punished as opposed to being given rehabilitation, they are not shown what is truly wrong with committing crime. Because adolescents can still be influenced, they should not be transferred to an adult criminal court where they will be put in jail, rather than helping them become law-abiding. Adults are much harder, if not impossible to influence through rehabilitation, because they are already fully

Currently to deal with juvenile offenders involved in the youth crime, there are two options available. The first option that prevails to a larger extent is known to us as incarceration while the second option that is slowly gaining trends is known to us as rehabilitation programs. This paper focuses on thorough analysis of both these options and the impact that they have on the offenders as well as the society as a whole. The paper also assesses the viability of these options in order to determine which of these will prove to be more effective and beneficial.

Finally, this all leads to one of the largest areas of conflict when trying to evaluate the effectiveness of prison terms for repeat offenders. There are many statistics on the subject that conflict with each other. Some authors claim that trying juveniles as adults actually incorporate them into the criminal world at a youthful age and leads to a lifetime of the criminal offense. Other studies believe in the power of rehabilitation to save most, if not all, of these youths. If one looks past the statistics for a moment at the actual facts, it is clear that the tougher sentences handed out in adult courts to juveniles will help deter crime. Simply put, if the person is behind bars, there is little chance that he or she will have the opportunity to commit additional crimes. If sentences for violent crimes such as murder are for youths what they are for adults, it should keep the person locked up for a sufficient number of years. Juvenile homes attempt to punish offenders in a more gentle way by offering psychological help and other rehabilitation methods. However, the sentences in these homes tend to be lighter and shorter than the sentences doled out to those criminals who were tried in adult court. Some juvenile homes are simply too nice and the variety of detainees is too great. Some teens may be held there as runaways or shoplifters. These crimes are nowhere near as violent and damaging to society. It may actually harm the mild offenders to have contact with youths who have committed violent

Sharice, I enjoyed reading your post and love that you did your research. I love that there is more than one step. What I would love to see happen is evaluating a case by case to determine which step to use. We have discussed how some of the juveniles are not willing to change. Also, some juveniles are just beyond repair at that time. For those juveniles, I believe the justice model would work best. You can’t change them so don’t let them get away with what they have done. For the other juveniles that made a mistake and realized it, The rehabilitation model would work best. They are willing to change maybe they just don’t know how yet. I agree with how they think and letting their emotions get the best of them. When I talk to the younger generation