content and development
Content and Development
Juvenile delinquency is a major problem effecting our youth. Despite how much we try to prevent it, some of our youth will end up in the juvenile justice system. There are always debates on whether we should focus on punishment or rehabilitation. Rehabilitation focuses on the treatment of the juvenile with the assumption that interventions such as probation supervision, work readiness, training, cognitive skills training, and behavior therapy will change behavior and reduce the frequency of the juvenile offenses.(Bradshaw & Roseborough, 2005) According the article Juvenile Justice, rehabilitation is the key to both communities and former offenders benefiting. (The League of Young Voters, 2009) The Juvenile justice system should focus on rehabilitation because it addresses more of the needs of juveniles and helps them become better members of society.
The article Public Willing to Pay More for Rehabilitation of Juvenile Offenders states “nine out of ten people surveyed believe that ‘almost all you who commit crimes have the potential to change.’” (Public Willing to Pay More for Rehabilitation of Juvenile Offenders, 2009). Rehabilitation gives juveniles the chance to learn that they have the potential to change as well. They educate juveniles about how their behavior affects not only them, but society as well. They learn that their actions will hurt other people. They also teach ways to help juveniles change their behavior and find other ways of coping with things. They learn that if they keep acting this way, when they are older, life will not be as easy on them and they will only land themselves in jail. Without rehabilitation, juveniles most likely will not learn how to change their ways, therefore lead them an adulthood filled with constant visits to jail cells.
Rehabilitation also gives juveniles the attention they need. They learn why the juvenile has committed a crime. A lot of juvenile delinquents
Juvenile delinquency is a major problem effecting our youth. Despite how much we try to prevent it, some of our youth will end up in the juvenile justice system. There are always debates on whether we should focus on punishment or rehabilitation. Rehabilitation focuses on the treatment of the juvenile with the assumption that interventions such as probation supervision, work readiness, training, cognitive skills training, and behavior therapy will change behavior and reduce the frequency of the juvenile offenses.(Bradshaw & Roseborough, 2005) According the article Juvenile Justice, rehabilitation is the key to both communities and former offenders benefiting. (The League of Young Voters, 2009) The Juvenile justice system should focus on rehabilitation because it addresses more of the needs of juveniles and helps them become better members of society.
The article Public Willing to Pay More for Rehabilitation of Juvenile Offenders states “nine out of ten people surveyed believe that ‘almost all you who commit crimes have the potential to change.’” (Public Willing to Pay More for Rehabilitation of Juvenile Offenders, 2009). Rehabilitation gives juveniles the chance to learn that they have the potential to change as well. They educate juveniles about how their behavior affects not only them, but society as well. They learn that their actions will hurt other people. They also teach ways to help juveniles change their behavior and find other ways of coping with things. They learn that if they keep acting this way, when they are older, life will not be as easy on them and they will only land themselves in jail. Without rehabilitation, juveniles most likely will not learn how to change their ways, therefore lead them an adulthood filled with constant visits to jail cells.
Rehabilitation also gives juveniles the attention they need. They learn why the juvenile has committed a crime. A lot of juvenile delinquents