Prevention & Treatment Programs

Prevention & Treatment Programs

Juvenile crime is often serious and may represent a significant proportion of the total criminal activity in a community. It is usually assumed that adolescents deserve and require special handling because they are in a formative period and criminal behavior at this stage of life will not necessarily be continued into adulthood. Therefore, rehabilitation has particular appeal for use with juveniles. Theoretically, rehabilitation is the focus of corrections programs for juveniles. In practice, however, as occurs with adult programs, juvenile rehabilitation programs may be poorly implemented. Strengthening implementation of existing rehabilitation and delinquency prevention programs ...