Homework answers / question archive / Part 1: Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words: What are some examples of classification instruments used to determine the correctional sanctions or placement for a juvenile? How do they work? How can you measure positive change while a juvenile is in secure confinement? When is probation an effective correctional strategy? When is incarceration the best option? When are other correctional alternatives more appropriate? Which types of correctional strategies are the least effective, in your opinion, and why? PART 2: RESPOND TO RESPONSES #1: Some classification instruments used to determine the correctional sanctions or placements for a juvenile would be the community of the juvenile

Part 1: Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words: What are some examples of classification instruments used to determine the correctional sanctions or placement for a juvenile? How do they work? How can you measure positive change while a juvenile is in secure confinement? When is probation an effective correctional strategy? When is incarceration the best option? When are other correctional alternatives more appropriate? Which types of correctional strategies are the least effective, in your opinion, and why? PART 2: RESPOND TO RESPONSES #1: Some classification instruments used to determine the correctional sanctions or placements for a juvenile would be the community of the juvenile

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Part 1: Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

What are some examples of classification instruments used to determine the correctional sanctions or placement for a juvenile? How do they work? How can you measure positive change while a juvenile is in secure confinement? When is probation an effective correctional strategy? When is incarceration the best option? When are other correctional alternatives more appropriate? Which types of correctional strategies are the least effective, in your opinion, and why?

PART 2: RESPOND TO RESPONSES

#1: Some classification instruments used to determine the correctional sanctions or placements for a juvenile would be the community of the juvenile. As well as the family or home setting they are currently in. Sometimes being in the wrong neighborhood can be an influence in the juvenile's behavior. These work by intake and classification of a juvenile in a detention facility. While they are awaiting court hearings and sentencing they are held in the detention facility. While they are there they are being classified with these instruments. One way to measure positive change while in a secured confinement is by having the juvenile participate in programming or self enrichment that the facility offers. This is one way you can monitor positive change in a juvenile. Probation is effective one the juvenile has served either their time in a facility or is released by the court with conditions. That's when the probation officer monitors the juvenile in the community and if he/she violates the terms of probation they can face another charge. Incarceration would be the best option when it comes to serious violations such as murder or manslaughter, stuff that would be endanger to others that will hurt their lives.

#2: So for youthful offenders there are some options for them. They can be made to help the community by doing community service. They can be placed into house arrest, placed on probation, and even be placed into an alternative home. Community service is a sanction that can benefit the offender, the community, and may reestablish faith in the juvenile justice process. Community service offers a proactive sanction that can be used to rehabilitate or punish while holding the offender accountable to the victim and/or the community. Juvenile probation programs are ideally set up to help young people correct their behaviors without removing them from their communities. The advantages of house arrest include lower costs than detention in locked facilities, decreased rates of recidivism, and the ability to monitor the wearer's location at all times. You can see a positive change by how the juvenile acts and corrects his behavior.

PART 3: Scenario: You are a probation officer or juvenile corrections officer tasked with making recommendations to a judge for a juvenile’s entire course of treatment. You can advise on the sanctions they should receive; the components of their correctional treatment; the programs, training, or institutions that should assist them; any alternatives or special conditions to consider, and; terms for their aftercare and transition back into the community.

Write a 525-700-word narrative that outlines a correctional dispositional plan for a juvenile.

View 1 of the selected videos from the University Library.

Choose 1 of the following juveniles from the videos to use as an example case study for this week’s assignment:

• Donovan from Second Chance Kids
• Rolon from Second Chance Kids
• Shawn from Juvenile Justice
• Jose from Juvenile Justice
• Manny from Juvenile Justice
• Marquese from Juvenile Justice
• Gina, from the Ch. 11 Critical Thinking Exercises #3 (p. 312-3)
• Any of the juveniles from the Week 3 court session videos

Note: If you choose an example with a known correctional plan, do not propose the same plan from the original case study. Make your own recommendations for a different process for the juvenile’s treatment.

Complete the following in your recommended plan for the juvenile:

• Summarize the outcome of the adjudication process and the disposition in this case.
• Describe the treatment of the juvenile in this situation.
• Explain the risk factors that need to be considered in the assessment of this juvenile.
• Explain how the combination of factors considered in this case were connected and influenced the original outcome, if any.
• List any additional information you would like to have before considering other correctional treatments for the juvenile.
• Recommend 2 alternative correctional strategies for this juvenile: 1 that includes a correctional program that exists in your state as well as 1 other potential option.
• Explain how you could monitor, measure, report, and support the juvenile’s progress through treatment.
• Justify your plan with evidence that supports your recommendations.