strategy
Incarcerating young offenders
Synonyms:
Imprisoning juvenile delinquentsUsing juvenile detention centres
Claim:
There is no case for treating young offenders differently. The emphasis has to be on responsibility. You have to concentrate on locking people up in the most human and civilized way. Young criminals are cultural criminals, a lot smarter than the treaters. You cannot deal with social injustice through the criminal justice system. If you try to correct in this way, you corrupt the system.
Counter Claim:
UK statistics show all previous forms of juvenile incarceration have failed. Of juveniles sentenced to community punishments (without incarceration), about half will re-offend; the figure for those released from custody is at least 82%. Approved schools were discontinued 20 years ago because their alumni reconviction rate was 49% higher than juveniles treated in other ways. The point is that child criminals are still children. There is a wealth of research to show that even "really persistent" juvenile offenders mostly grow out of crime; treat them wrongly, and you may criminalise them for life, leading the regular car thief to burglary, armed robbery or worse.
Constrained by:
Researching juvenile delinquency Facilitated by:
Providing community securityIntroducing delinquents care scheme Problems:
Denial of right of juvenile criminals to segregation from adult criminalsDetention of children
Inadequate rehabilitation of offenders
Juvenile delinquency
Repressive detention of juveniles
Sexual offences by juveniles
Values:
OffenceDetentionDelinquency Organizations:
International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors Subjects:
Societal Problems → CrimeSocietal Problems → Detention
Society → Youth
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
