Preventing Delinquency and Recidivism

Preventing Delinquency and RecidivismDemetrius DeaverIn chapter twelve the book talks somewhat preventing juvenile detestation. Society has to remember that youths are going through an adolescence stage. So kids cognitive skills are not fully development and they might come without thinking. Its important that society try to help reduce juvenile crime and try to hand over interventions so there wont be a high recidivism rate. Recidivism is a repeated offender or going certify to jail. Theres a lot factors for high recidivism rate. Studies has shown that the higher the at-risk environment, the more likely person will recidivate (Measuring Recidivism 2008). stripe is the creation of conditions, opportunities and experiences that encourage and develop healthy, independent children and that occur before the onset of problems (genus Arizona State Senate 2002). Prevention, efforts that help prevent a youth from entering the juvenile justice system as a delinquent (Florida Departmen t of Juvenile Justice 2008).There is two ship canal to classify measure efforts. The two ways are measure versus swear and the three levels of delinquency prevention. Prevention is before the delinquent act and soften is the measure thats taken after delinquent demeanour. Theres three kinds of prevention, corrective prevention, retributive prevention and Mechanical prevention. Corrective prevention stopping point is to eliminate the conditions that causes evil behavior. Punitive prevention goal is to use punishment. Mechanical prevention goal is to tighten security. The three levels of delinquency are primary prevention, secondary prevention and Tertiary prevention. Primary prevention goal is to change society and the conditions that leads to flagitious activity. Secondary prevention goal is to have interventions with individuals to deter them from crime. Tertiary prevention goal is to prevent recidivism.Researchers has found out that anticrime programs dont work. Criminologi st Lawrence W. Sherman and others review more than cholecalciferol scientific evaluations of crime-prevention programs funded by the Justice Department, with a special focus on factors relating to juvenile crime and program effects on youth violence, and reason that the following programs dont work (Sherman et al. 1998, 7). Programs such as gun buyback programs, flower camps, scared straight, Dare programs, Drug prevention and legion(predicate) more. Even though some of these programs dont work, it strengthens kids relationships with family and school.The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) is blueprints to find telling violence prevention programs to help communities implicate them. Out of 900 programs about 11 programs has shown results of reducing juvenile behavior, aggression, substance abuse and other behaviors. The Midwest Prevention Project (MPP) is a community based program for adolescent drug abuse prevention that targets ages 10 to 12. The goal is t o reduce the use of door drugs. Big Brothers Big Sister of America (BBBS) is a mentor program. structural Family Therapy (FFT) is a family intervention program for youths ages 11 to 18. The goal is to reduce poisonous behavior. Life Skills Training (LST) is an in class program prevention of tobacco, intoxicant and drug abuse. The goal of the program is to prevent early uses of substances. Multisystemic Therapy (MST) evaluate kids who has unsociable disorders. The reduced of gun violence has displace stricter restrictions on guns and also put officers in areas where gun crime happens. Gang prevention will have a major impact on reducing crime. Anti-gang programs like behavior codes, graffiti removal, conflict prevention strategies, crisis management and community involvement. The book discusses many more prevention programs that help reduce crime.ReferencesArizona State Senate. 2002. Arizona Statute 8-201.Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. 2008. Florida Statute CH 985.03.M easuring Recidivism. 2008 (February 20). Washington, DC content Institute of Justice.Sherman, Lawrence W., Denise C. Gottfredson, Doris L. Mackenzie, John Eck, Peter Reuter, and Shawn D. Bushway. 1998 (July). Preventing crime What Works, What Doesnt, Whats Promising. Washington, DC U.S Department of Justice, subject area Institute of Justice Research in Brief. (NCJ 171676).