Discuss the characteristics and effectiveness of short- and long-term confinement facilities used in the treatment of juveniles, their goals, and the types of programs likely to be found in each. In your response, include a discussion of the rights of incarcerated youth. Short-term confinement facilities include jails, detention centers, and shelter care facilities. Long-term confinement facilities include boot camps, ranches and forestry camps, and training schools. Support your statement with at least one professional source, not including your textbook, written within the past five years. You might find the following materials to be helpful: Campaign for Youth Justice (2015); ChildTrends.org (2015); Schiraldi, Western, and Bradner (2015); McCarthy, Schiraldi, and Shark (2016); Sawyer (2018); and U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (2016). Discuss juvenile aftercare. Address each of the following items in your discussion. State the purpose of aftercare. Describe the different methods states use to release youth from training schools. Identify the issues involved in the different types of aftercare release decisions. Identify the programs that appear to have the most promise for juvenile aftercare and explain why these programs are more likely to be successful. Discuss the major shocks that juveniles face upon release to the community. In your discussion, identify the community factors that might interfere with a youth’s chances of success on aftercare. Discuss the due process rights of juveniles on aftercare. Support your statement with at least one professional source, not including your textbook, written within the past five years. You might find the CrimeSolutions.gov Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (2015), and Models for Change Resource Center Partnership (2014) materials to be helpful. Discuss the evolution of juvenile correctional treatment from the mid-twentieth century to today. Include the following stages: The rehabilitation is not appropriate stage The nothing works stage The some treatments work stage The numerous programs and innovations work stage Support your statement with at least one professional source, not including your textbook, written within the past five years. You might find the Annenberg Classroom and Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (2018) materials to be helpful.
