The early intervention programs are efficient in deterring youths from committing crimes in the future.
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The early intervention programs are efficient in deterring youths from committing crimes in the future. The programs discipline the youth in the presence of parents, through counselling, and through minor punishments. Changes in national policing and creation of juvenile courts are current reforms in preventing future crimes from the youth. The youth undergoes training on ways of avoiding crime and ways of presentation in courts in case of criminal accusation. The youth training focuses on precious youth’s life and the chances have on preventing crime (Cullen & Jonson, 2012).
The United States government has other ways of improving the existing programs. United States has the ability in reducing the number of inmates per cell and improving the living standards of the inmates. The tax dollars should fund these improvements since they are for the benefit of the American nation. The American government is improving the programs through reducing the jurisdiction of juvenile courts and transferring some violent criminal offence to adult courts. The reduction of jurisdiction is through implementation of the statutory exclusion laws (Worley, 2012).
It is feasible to give rise to juvenile delinquencies and eradicate young people from committing crimes. The youth can have waiver hearing using direct file and the courts are eliminating the juvenile death penalty. The law reforms advocate that it is unconstitutional to execute the death penalty on offenders below the age of eighteen years. The courts are using the knowledge from the adolescence psychology that children are not small version of adults. The children reasoning are low in relation to adult criminals (Cullen & Jonson, 2012).
The society has the role of reducing antisocial acts and involves children in activities in order to avoid idleness of children. At industrial and urbanized level families should supervise their children, reduce conflict within the family and encourage harmony among the children. The society is building schools that children performing minor criminal acts will go and change their behaviour. The society is also designing programs that will help develop high-quality scientific evidence in the juvenile courts. The evidence reduces the process of follow-up and successfully integrates the children in the society after release from courts (Worley, 2012).
Policymakers are focus on social conditions that give rise to juvenile crime through juvenile movement in adult courts. Juvenile in adult courts receives severe punishment that prevents them from committing further crimes. On the other hand, the courts and policymakers are developing lenient treatment on delinquency. Leniency in courts is through adoption of reverse waivers. In reverse waivers, the juvenile moves from adult courts to juvenile courts and receive judgment in accordance to juvenile laws. Punishment in juvenile courts takes a long period and requires integration of community with parents (Worley, 2012).
Opinion on juvenile justice, criminal justice officials should notify the juvenile that they will be tried as an adult court prior to conducting an interrogation. The importance of the information is in the process of finding a lawyer to represent the juvenile. In terms of psychology, the juvenile will prepare for heavy punishment and will not get a high shock after the verdict. The adult court assists in reducing delinquency and offending through severe punishment that the juvenile should be ready to encounter after the verdict (Cullen & Jonson, 2012).
One aspect of audiovisual presentation that is of interest is a return to leniency with juvenile offenders. The prosecutors are allowing juveniles to plea of less offense that do not need reference from adult courts. Police are also helping in providing the leniency for juvenile delinquency (Worley, 2012).
References:
Cullen, F. T., & Jonson, C. L. (2012). Correctional theory: Context and consequences. Los
Angeles: Sage Publications.
Worley, R. M. (2012), Exploring The Cycle Of Juvenile Justice. Texas A & M University.
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