Training Programs for Juvenile Offenders

Prevention and intervention programs for juvenile offenders.

Over the past decade researchers have identified intervention strategies and program models that reduce delinquency and promote pro-social development. Preventing delinquency, says Peter Greenwood, not only saves young lives from being wasted, but also prevents the onset of adult criminal careers and thus reduces the burden of crime on its victims and on society. It costs states billions of dol...

Juvenile Victims and Offenders

Characteristics of Juvenile Offenders

Answer 1: When examining the juvenile justice system, it is important to recognize some general commonalities about juvenile offenders. Before explaining some general characteristics of juvenile offenders, it must be pointed out that these characteristics are based on the information about juveniles who go through the system, which means that these general characteristics might be very differen...

Attitudes regarding life sentences for juvenile offenders.

Twice in recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court has considered the constitutionality of life sentences without the possibility of parole (LWOP) for juvenile offenders. Given the public nature of this issue, there is scant information on beliefs about imposing LWOP on juveniles. Attitudes on related issues suggest two possibilities. On the one hand, because public opinion regarding juvenile offend...

Aftercare programs for reducing recidivism among juvenile and young adult offenders: a meta-analytic review.

The aim of this meta-analytic study, including 22 studies and 5764 participants, was to examine the effects of aftercare programs on recidivism in juvenile and young adult offenders released from correctional institutions. The studies had to be (quasi-)experimental, with the control group receiving 'care as usual' or no treatment. Recidivism was measured by re-arrests and/or reconvictions and w...