Juvenile Waiver Methods

7. In an exploratory study such as this, one problem is defining what the "data" are -- the information we should collect. Also, what should have been done to minimize the effects of experimenter bias on the outcome of the study? What were the dangers of the principal investigator assuming the role of prison superintendent?

First, I feel very confortable with the sampling technique, as I believe that some variables such as gender and ethnicity needed to be considered in order to get a better picture of the study. For instance, employment and family support are big factors that could have influenced the outcome of the study. The sampling needed to be specific, which having strata was a good option. In regards to design, I believe, that the research design I selected was a good option for this study. It would be highly unethical to assigned non-offenders to the group who is court-mandated just for the purpose of this study. However, a time series design could have been appropriate for this study too. Time series design could have work for this study because if the groups were observed in different stages of the study, some valuable information could have been obtained. For instance, if some subjects had employment in the middle of the study but then lost it, they could have influence the outcome due to the lack of income or even just by not being motivated to attend as they lost their job. Therefore, measuring participants’ attitude towards treatment with a different known scale could have been beneficial as

The juvenile justice system was founded on the belief that juveniles should be rehabilitated from committing crime. It was the belief of the government that juveniles do not posses the cognitive reasoning of adults, therefore should not be punished as adults. The juvenile court was formed in 1899 with the belief that the government needs to play a more active role in the rehabilitation of juveniles. This belief held strong up until the 1980's when President Ronald Reagan took office. The beliefs in juvenile rehabilitation were fading and an alternative was rapidly being put into motion, juvenile incarceration. Juveniles being incarcerated was not

The question for this research survey is the following: are women offenders more likely to be successful if they participate in a gender-response program versus a traditional, non-gender specific program? Women often respond to incarceration and related issues with criminality in a way that is far different from men. With that in mind, the question asked here is one that is in need of answering in order to determine what can be done to help women move forward with their lives and avoid becoming repeat offenders. Without asking the right questions, a survey will not provide true insight (Maxfield & Babbie, 2011). Additionally, the "how" of the issue is often the most important concern when one is conducting a survey that can be used to improve lives in the future (Maxfield & Babbie, 2011). In other words, it is not just about why something needs to be changed, but about how it could be changed in order to provide the highest level of benefit to those who use it (Maxfield & Babbie, 2011).

Poor or not, no one is above the law. Giving children the image that they can get whatever they want, harm whomever, do anything, will psychologically plant a new seed of mischief. Children can commit crime and not be imprisoned if we do not repeal the Juvenile Delinquent Act. In fact, juvenile crimes rose in 2008 despite the implementation of the Act in 2006. This shows that the most effective way to combat crime is to promise just punishment. It may seem harsh but crimes should be dealt with justice. Should the offense of a child and an adult be of the same degree, their age should not matter and justice should be served for the security of the nation. Any crime poses a threat to society and the offenders, whatever their age, should experience the true consequences of their actions.

The population for this three-year study are adult male and female felony level offenders. My sample frame are all adult male and female felony level offenders being released from Ohio prisons to transitional living. My sample will be 100 male and female felony level offenders being released from a prison during the periods of January 1st, 2017-July 31st 2017 that complete a survey at every check in totaling 600 offenders in all (300 male and 300 female offenders).

(Vandiver, 2008). In my opinion, the research goal was explained pretty vaguely which could be the reason only nine respondents volunteered to participate in the interviews. “The cover letter for a mailed questionnaire and the introductory statement read by interviewers in telephone or in- person interviews are critical to the survey’s success”. (Bachman & Schutt, 2004 p.213). The mailed letter in this case lacked the characteristics of credibility, personalization, interest, and responsibility. After experiencing much negative stigma from their offenses, the respondent most likely would not have agreed to take part in the research without being informed of some sense of confidentiality they would receive. Personalization of the letter to each offender and credibility of the researcher would have possibly struck interest in the respondent and in return they may be inclined to participate. The reason for research could have been a bit more detailed and could have focused on the fact that the researcher wants to know the effects on the offender after being registered, putting the offenders best interest at hand may have persuaded them to take part in the research. ‘Without a personalized approach, the rate of response will be lower, and answers will be less thoughtful and potentially less valid’.

The government, instead of ensuring proper implementation of the rehabilitation and correction of the children in conflict with the law is shredding its responsibility through this retrograde law, holding the children accountable for the failures of our juvenile correctional institutions. This would never succeed as a deterrent and would only serve to ostracize them. This amendment to the preexisting law, not only lacks a rational social objective but also constitutional validity. The selective and unequal treatment of children between the age group of 16-18 years clearly violates the fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 14 extending equal protection of law and equality before the law and Article 15 (3) of the Constitution allowing

Without any prior research of this type the researchers can only guess as to what the findings will be. It is to be expected that there will be some issues within the justice system that will need to be examined after data is collected. In order to meet the needs of our country’s citizens we need to make sure that we are providing a court system above reproach.

I sampled parolees. I chose this population since I have had experience with some parolees in the past and have read a lot on this population. The only problems I had with this technique were that I realized that my experience is vicarious; I could not identify with them totally. Surveying anyone entails interpreting their response through my own experiences. My own experiences, on the other hand, have been so different than those of the participants that I was concerned that I may be inaccurately interpreting their response.

I have learned about research and statistical methods commonly applied by professionals within the criminal justice field and how to integrate these concepts in a program evaluation

Academics can be used in two different ways here; learning to help criminal justice professionals and providing information for students. Just like our textbook, criminal justice research can be done for academic purposes to teach all aspects of Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice classes range from high school to graduate school, that means there needs to be academic resources for all those years’ worth of learning and teaching. But it can also be to learn more about the Criminal Justice system as a whole for those who are working in it. For example, research may be done to learn why adolescences are behaving the way they are. Then social service personnel can read and learn from this research to further help

Piquero et al.’s (2003) second suggestion of including longer sampling periods to assess effects on delinquency longitudinally. If researchers do not even know which program components are most successful then it seems unnecessary to do longitudinal research until they have some idea what works in the short term. The sixth suggestion of improving operational definitions for key terms is rather important for research design as well. This one is more important than most of the other suggestions, but as long as individual studies still state how they are operationalizing variables then the fourth item still is more important. Finally, the eighth suggestion to have more theoretical work to show a causal relationship between families and offending seems less important since it seems unnecessary to use a high level research design if we do

We hope to have a 95% acucuracy. If we only have 300 answered surveys and we wanted to look at the

Everyone mentions simple random sampling, but few use this method for population-based surveys. Rapid surveys are no exception, since they too use a more complex sampling scheme. So why should we be concerned with simple random sampling? The main reason is to learn the theory of sampling. Simple random sampling is the basic selection process of sampling and is easiest to understand. If everyone in a population could be included in a survey, the analysis featured in this book would be very simple. The average value for equal interval and binomial variables, respectively, could easily be derived using