Juvinile Justice
...Corrections and detention Juvenile courts Prevention programs Guiding Principles Treatment strategy References Introduction A juvenile status offender is a youth charged with an offense that is not consider a crime if committed by an adult; this would include but not limited to running away from home, curfew violations, underage drinking, skipping school, or beyond a parents control. Status offenders are usually not incarcerated on their first offense, but violating a court order can find them as delinquent who can result in being place in a correction or detention facility. Juvenile crime statistics are gathered from local law enforcement agencies by the FBI in order to better understand the nature and extent of juvenile crimes in the United States. Juvenile crime statistics reflect arrest information and do not account for unreported juvenile crime rates. Juvenile crime statistics rates have steadily dropped since 1994 when crimes involving juveniles reached a record high. Since 1994, juvenile crime statistics have dropped by forty seven percent (Juvenile Crime Statistics). The question that many may ask is what causes juvenile status offenses; well the answer has numerous amounts of possibilities. Many noncriminal behaviors are caused by poor family surrounding, family functioning, school problems, or community problems. This portfolio aims to inform on the risk factors of status offenders, the types of correction and detentions programs available, the juvenile court system, prevention programs, guiding principles and treatment strategy. Ultimately, working together as a community should bring down juvenile crime rate. Profile and risk factors of a juvenile status offender To determine if a child may be at risk of becoming a status offender you need to know what may cause a child to act out. Many children that do commit juvenile offense usually...
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