Juvenile Detention Centre Essay

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A juvenile detention centre, known colloquially as a “juvy”, is a secure jail or prison for minors under the age of 18. Throughout this essay I will be judging the success of juvenile detention centres primarily in the UK. The aims of juvenile detention centres are to prevent offending and to reform children and young persons. Some synonyms of “reform” are to improve, rehabilitate, rectify and correct.

Currently the law stands that it shall be conclusively presumed that no child under the age of ten years can be guilty of any offence. Once a young person is charged with an offence they will appear before a youth court. If the case cannot be immediately dealt with then the court will choose whether the young person is bailed or remanded into custody. If they are not pleaded guilty, there will be a set trial date to decide if they are guilty. If the case is very serious then it can be sent to the Crown court.

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bad family bonds, having family members and friends who have previously offended and misuse of substances. There has been a series of programs set up to try and sort out all of these issues across the country. One of these programs is the YIP; youth inclusion program, established in 2002 and operating in 110 of the most high crime estates in England and Wales. YIP’s are tailor-made programs for 8-17 year olds who are identified as being at high risk of committing serious felonies. A national evaluation after the first 3 years of YIP’s found that arrest rates for the 50 young people considered to be the most likely of committing serious offences in each YIP had been reduced by 65%. For the youths who had offended before joining the program 73% were arrested for fewer offences after joining ans of those who had not previously offended but were still at high risk, 74% were arrested with fewer offences after engaging with a

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