Criminal Justice System

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Running head: Criminal Justice System
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The Criminal Justice System and Juvenile Delinquency
First of all, the social problem I will identify is youth crime. Thus, an article by the name of Adolescents Neglect Juvenile Delinquency and the Risk of Recidivism stated, “Juvenile offending and especially repeat juvenile offending is a serious public health concern. In 2009, law enforcement agencies in the United States arrested approximately 1.9 million persons under 18 years of age.” Moreover, research suggest a 17% decrease from 2000, and juvenile offenders continue to account for 15% of all violent crimes and 24% of all property crimes (OJJDP 2011a, b), which was mentioned in the above article.
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These minor offenses can be as much as throwing a fruit on the bus, stealing candy and etc. Thus, these minor offenses due follow the youth throughout their adult years, preventing decent employment, the Military, and sometimes college scholarships. What I found to be interesting, was reading about a program called civil citation. This program allows law enforcement to divert first time youth who commit a minor offense out of the criminal justice system and into community service programs without receiving an arrest record. Recidivism for civil citation is 4% as compared to 13% for those arrested for first time misdemeanors; the recidivism rate is closer to 41% for those sent to detention centers. Children who go to the civil citation program are three times less likely to get into trouble again than children who are arrested for the same …show more content…

Upon researching this problem, it was determined that approximately 70% of juvenile crime occurs Tuesdays through Friday during school hours, and that there was a correlation between a neighborhood’s juvenile crime rate and the rate of out

Running head: Criminal Justice System
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The Criminal Justice System and Juvenile Delinquency
of school suspensions in its schools.” Much attention is needed to our youth population. In addition, it is a vulnerable population, and need the support and guidance that it deserve. We as social workers, need to advocate for more programs to be placed in the school system, i.e, Mentoring and Support programs, programs in the community, and etc. My focus will be on developing Mentoring and Support programs, within all of Miami, Florida’s school systems.

References
Ryan, J., Williams, A., & Courtney, M. (2013). Adolescent neglect, juvenile delinquency and the risk of recidivism. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 42(3), 454-465. doi: 10.1007/s109 64-013-9906-8
Juvenile Delinquency Statistics in all states-Bing images. Retrieved February 4, 2016, from file:///H:/Juvenile%20Delinquency%20Statistics%20in%20all%20states%20-%20Bing%20

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