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Preventing "At Risk" Youth from Incarceration

Preventing "At Risk" Youth from Incarceration. Juliana Gonzales Psychology Major/ Human Development California State University Monterey Bay Salinas Superintendent/Educators James A. Earhart . What is the problem?. Juvenile incarceration=Costly . Juvenile= future implications

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Preventing "At Risk" Youth from Incarceration

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  1. Preventing "At Risk" Youth from Incarceration Juliana Gonzales Psychology Major/ Human Development California State University Monterey Bay Salinas Superintendent/Educators James A. Earhart

  2. What is the problem? Juvenile incarceration=Costly Juvenile= future implications Families= family conflicts/financial burden State= 240/day/youth

  3. What can we do to help? • Educating parents • Offering resources • Mental health screenings • Learning disability screenings • Substance awareness • Family interventions • Stop the stigma!

  4. Why does it happen ? • Impulsive and risky behavior/ immature prefrontal cortex (Krebs, 2010)

  5. Why does it happen? • Substance use, mental health issues, educational difficulties, family problems ( Howell et al., 1995)

  6. What are the Implications? • An estimated less than 20% of youth who are incarcerated and then paroled, finish high school or attain their GED. (Abrams, Snyder, 2010) • 50% recidivism rate (Justice Policy institute, 2010) • About half of the states in the US have enacted the 3 strikes law/ age 16 can receive a strike on their record depending on the crime ( Stahlkopf, 2010)

  7. Let’s make a change! • Without a change to the previous take on Juvenile Delinquency we are creating a vicious cycle!

  8. References • Dobbs, D. (2011, October). Beautiful brains. National Geographic, 37-59. • Howell, J. C., Krisberg, B., Hawkins, J. D., & Wilson, J. J. (Eds.). (1995). A sourcebook:Violent and chronic juvenile offenders. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. • Howell, J. C., (1996), Juvenile Transfers to the Criminal Justice System: State of the Art. Law & Policy, 18: 17–60. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.1996.tb00163.x • Justice Policy Institute (2009). The costs of confinement: Why good juvenile justice policies make good fiscal sense. Washington, D.C. • Krebs, C., Lattimore, P., Cowell,A. Graham, P. (2010) "Evaluating the juvenile breaking the cycle program's impact on recidivism." Journal of Criminal Justice 38, 109-117.doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2010.02.008 • Stahlkopf, C., Males, M., & Macallair, D. (2010). Testing incapacitation theory youth crime and incarceration in california. Crime and Delinquency, 56(2), doi: 10.1177/0011128707307227 • Note: Bar graph on age of onset retrieved from: Retrieved from: http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=12480&page=50 • Images retrieved from Google Images

  9. Any Questions?

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