Runaway Cases Case Study

On 04/02/2018, approximately 1545 hours CSW Anderson arrived at JEFFERSON COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER IN MISSOURI and met with a male teen later identified as the child, Eyan R. Isoline who is 16-10 months old and a junior at Fox High School in Arnold, MO. Eyan claimed that he was living with his mother, Carroll Smith and his half-younger brother, Jaxx Smith in Illinois circa summer of 2017 [Eyan indicated Jaxx is autistic]. Eyan specified that he and his mother do not get along “we just argue a lot” where Eyan subsequently moved to Arnold, MO and live with his maternal grandparents, Michael and Sarah Smith as of to date (the Smiths has POA).

The purpose of the juvenile incarceration project is to gain insights into whether or not parental incarceration is related to juvenile incarceration. The research problem is the loss is the cost of incarceration to the state or society. Incarceration is expensive with costs to society for the crimes committed and the resulting confinement of the convicted offenders. This research hopes to diminish this problem by determining a correlation between juvenile offenders and whether or not their parents were previously or

Valerie called that office several times to inform me of the situation. Ms. Valerie stated that Catina took Bryce to her home on Monday, July 17, 2017, around 4 p.m and did not return until about 10:00 p.m. Ms. Valerie stated that Catina told her that they were going to group at HCAP office for Anger Management. I, Shalina Holmes stated that we do not have a group session on Monday’s at the HCAP office. Ms. Valerie stated that the assigned advocate Catine Hampton took Bryce to the forest and was unable to determine when the advocate took Bryce. Ms. Valerie verbalized that Bryce stated that Catina told him “keep your hands down on your side you’re going to your new family.” Ms. Valerie stated that she is going to file a police report asked if we do not inform Catina. Ms. Valerie mentioned that Catina is trying to ruin her

A report was received on 06/05/2017 alleging that the mother (Hermionne) left Ashante (C-V 17) with a non-relative since 02/2017 without any legal rights. According to the report, the mother refuses to take her child back home and will not engage with Ms. Aarons (caretaker) to provide legal documentation for the child to be enroll in school and taken to a Primary Care Physician. Ashante has not been is school for the past 4 months and are unable to enroll in school without paperwork. According to the report, Ashante self mutilates her arms, and the mother refuses to get counseling. The report indicates Ashante was to follow-up with a Cardiologist for a chest pain and the mother refuses to take her to the doctor.

On April 21, 2016, I was assigned this case to follow up. This investigation involves Mr. Andrew Ryan Scharnweber a fifteen year old City resident. I had previously interviewed Mr. Scharnweber for running away from home (16-119393) in March of 2016. He has only two incidents of running away from home and was interviewed using a ripp assessment form in the prior incident.

Detective’s Note: Howard Ashleman, Reno Parks and Miranda Lovette the girlfriend of Reno went to CFVMC at approximately 3:00 a.m. Reno Parks was treated for a deep laceration to his hand. Reno Parks and Raymond Hunt both refused to speak with Law Enforcement. Howard’s cellphone records indicated his phone was in the area of Murphy road from approximately 8:24 p.m. until 12:00 a.m.

There has been an enormous amount of research, going back almost thirty years, about the relationship between childhood trauma, and juvenile delinquency. Many researches cannot say that there is a direct link between the two, but after much research, researches have found that childhood trauma can perhaps be a predictor for juveniles who later in life commit crimes. Trauma is defined as, “a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from severe mental or emotional stress or physical injury,” because the definition is broad and can range from a variety of different events, for the purpose of this paper, the focus will be on neglect trauma in juveniles (Trauma, 2016). Neglect according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is, “the failure of a parent or other person with the responsibility for the child to provide needed food, clothing, shelter, medical care, or supervision such that the child’s health, safety and well-being are threatened with harm” (Kazemian, 2011).

There are several steps to the criminal justice system, one of them is Probation; a program where the offender’s freedom is limited; usually they have a curfew, and have limits on the things they do. Probations Officers are a huge factor in getting the juvenile offender back on the right track following their sentence. One of the problems with probation is that rather than helping the offenders, sometimes it can hurt them. Some scholars argue that the officers do not take the juveniles, specifically females, seriously when it comes to referring them to receive mental health treatment. In contrast, other scholars argue that Probation Officers are the key to connecting the offenders with mental health care. I will begin by talking about how the gender of the juvenile contributes to the unjust treatment of juveniles on probation, then I will talk about probation officers as “the problem,” and lastly I will talk about a solution. I will conclude by stating my research question and making some contributions as to what can be done to build a stronger relationship between the offenders and the probation officers.

My chosen career path is to become a Juvenile probation officer. Juvenile probation officers work with youths that have been placed on probation and or have been court order to attend an alternative consequence school to continue their education. Most juvenile probation officers work with youths at a particular stage of their probation process, for an example supervision or investigation. This paper will cover information on the juvenile justice system and my career choice by touching bases with my interviewee a Juvenile Probation Officer Shelvin McGill the agency he is employed with as well as its clientele, I will also speak on the job description and responsibilities, his theory-of-use, and briefly touch on why he chooses this line of work, and his educational background.

I was assigned the runaway case on January 22, 2016, but due to the weather I was unable to start the follow up investigation. Upon my return on January 28, 2016, I spoke to Sherry Higgins on the phone. Sherry reported things have improved, but that her daughter has a pending court date.

Most girls that are arrested and detained have committed non-violent offenses, and they are usually not able to get the help that they need. Parents are the primary reporters of female status offenders in contrast to male status offenders that are reported by school or law officials (Donley, 2007; Godsoe, 2014). This shows that the girls may not actually be criminal, but that the parents are unable to manage the child.

Youth is currently attending Dieruff High School. Youth has a history of not attending school. Youth struggles with assignments in school, which is hurting his GPA. Youth struggles with a negative peer association. Youth struggles with controlling his anger and it lead to him getting into an altercation with a sercutiy guard at school. The incident cause the youth to be detain and placed on probation.

On March 1, 2016, I responded to T.C. Williams High School and spoke to Ms. Bailey as the School Resource Officers were not in school grounds. I spoke to Kassidy Pullara in the presence of Assistant Principal David Serensits. I showed my credentials to Ms. Pullara and explained the purpose of my visit was the two runaway

The characteristics of these offenders and the crimes they are committing are also changing over time. Demographically the juvenile female offender is most likely coming from a single parent home and may have been physically or sexually abused at some point in her life. She will also most likely be under the age of 15 and even more likely to be a woman of color, African-American young woman comprise almost 50 percent of all young women in secure detention, while Hispanics make up 13 percent (Bergsmann, 1994). In 1996, females represented 57 percent of the arrests for running away. In 1996, females represented 15 percent of juvenile arrests for violent crimes, while arrests of boys for violent offenses declined by 9 percent (Snyder, 1997). Aggravated assault, the most frequent of the violent offenses committed by juveniles, represented 20 percent of all arrests for juvenile females, while declining for boys by 10 percent (Snyder, 1997). In considering these changes it is still important to note that girls are still arrested more often for status offenses it is becoming more evident that girls are engaging in delinquent behaviors more often

Strain theory describes the idea that there are certain events and conditions in an individual’s life that are disliked and involve the inability to achieve goals, loss of positively valued stimuli, and presentation of negative stimuli (Brezina and Agnew). Child neglect and abuse can be described by this theory, and often is, because of its elements and the effect it has on children. Before the idea of child abuse and neglect causing juvenile delinquency can be argued, juvenile delinquency must be defined. Brezina and Agnew define juvenile delinquency as law violations committed by minors. One of the largest debated consequences of child abuse and neglect is it causes juvenile delinquency in victims. Juvenile offenders are view by the justice system as “‘immature’ in the sense that they are less capable of appreciating the consequences of their actions, less able to exercise self-control and more easily lead astray by others.” Supports of this claim say abuse causes delinquency because weak bonds, low self-control, and confrontation with negative stimuli.