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A 6 page consideration of the problem presented by juvenile crime. The author points out that with a decade or so of “get tough” policies regarding the problem of juvenile crime, we are slowly beginning to realize that treating young offenders as adults may not be all that effective in regard to actually addressing the issues. Instead of automatically sending juveniles to prison we should explore the other options that offer a potential solution to the problem. Bootcamps, reform school, and group homes offer several possibilities but so do approaches such as group therapy, forced restitution, and aftercare programs which act as half way houses between the juvenile leaving the correctional system and reentering the community. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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are the crimes committed by juveniles societally damaging, choosing how to deal with juveniles that do commit crimes is quite complex. Many times society deals with juvenile crime with
severe criminal sentencing. Many juveniles have even been sent to adult prisons for the crimes. In the 1990s, in fact, practically every state passed laws the criminal justice
systems ability to charge juveniles as adults (Montagne). The age at which juveniles can be charged as an adult have been almost uniformly lowered across the nation (Montagne).
Some contend, however, that with a decade or so of "get tough" policies regarding the problem of juvenile crime, we are slowly beginning to realize that treating young offenders as
adults may not be all that effective in regard to actually addressing the issues. To more effectively deal with the problem of juvenile crime, however, we must look a
the big picture. Instead of automatically sending juveniles to prison we should explore the other options that offer a potential solution to the problem. Bootcamps, reform school, and group
homes offer several possibilities but so do approaches such as group therapy, forced restitution, and aftercare programs which act as half way houses between the juvenile leaving the correctional system
and reentering the community. Juvenile delinquency is just one of the many reflections we have of a deteriorating society. Juveniles are responsible
for a greater and greater percentage of the crimes we are witnessing in the world and a greater and greater percentage of violent crimes in particular. The behavior of
far too many of our nations children has disintegrated from that which is societally acceptable to that which is societally reprehensible. There is, of course, no one place to
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