The Department of Juvenile Justice and the Realignment Standard
|The Department of Juvenile Justice System: |April 20 |
|Realigning the Broken Standard |2012 |
|[Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of |SB 81 Judgment and Review |
|the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the | |
|contents of the document.] | |
De’shawn Woolridge
April 24, 2012
Professor Hatch
Political Science 189: Capstone Seminar
Final Research Project
The Department of Juvenile Justice System: Realigning the Broken Standard
SB 81 was California’s response and systematic overhaul to the issues perceived of the Department of Juvenile Justice System. The bill affected the youth housed in the Department Juvenile System and the counties’ recourse for dealing with youth that needed more assistance than counties with diminished resources could provide towards rehabilitating youth offenders. The bill shifted the responsibility of housing non-violent juvenile offenders. The bill limited the obligation of service to youthful offenders that committed 707b offenses and provided funding for counties to put together intervention programs. Each county was affected differently by the implementation of the bill and the options for counties with using the Department of Juvenile Justice System to deal with rehabilitating youth offenders. The research question that I am conducting analysis on is “has SB 81 met its intent in reducing the state’s reliance on a critically flawed and costly state juvenile justice system?” From my
|Realigning the Broken Standard |2012 |
|[Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of |SB 81 Judgment and Review |
|the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the | |
|contents of the document.] | |
De’shawn Woolridge
April 24, 2012
Professor Hatch
Political Science 189: Capstone Seminar
Final Research Project
The Department of Juvenile Justice System: Realigning the Broken Standard
SB 81 was California’s response and systematic overhaul to the issues perceived of the Department of Juvenile Justice System. The bill affected the youth housed in the Department Juvenile System and the counties’ recourse for dealing with youth that needed more assistance than counties with diminished resources could provide towards rehabilitating youth offenders. The bill shifted the responsibility of housing non-violent juvenile offenders. The bill limited the obligation of service to youthful offenders that committed 707b offenses and provided funding for counties to put together intervention programs. Each county was affected differently by the implementation of the bill and the options for counties with using the Department of Juvenile Justice System to deal with rehabilitating youth offenders. The research question that I am conducting analysis on is “has SB 81 met its intent in reducing the state’s reliance on a critically flawed and costly state juvenile justice system?” From my