Is Juvenile Detention Really an Effective Rehabilitation Procedure?

The focus of the Final Paper will be on the creation of an evaluation proposal suitable for presentation in a criminal justice setting or agency. The proposal will center on needs assessment, impact monitoring, and the application of quantitative and/or qualitative techniques in the assessment of the selected program or policy. Your evaluation proposal should assess the effectiveness of a program or policy, addressing a specific problem proposed or developed as a solution to a contemporary issue in your chosen area. Summarize the expected outcomes, the questions to be answered, and the expected results that would indicate success of the program or policy. Also identify a proposed budget and projected schedule for the evaluation.

This paper will address the question: Is juvenile detention really an effective rehabilitation procedure? In addressing this question, the paper will study the history of juvenile detention laws and policies in the United States. The paper will discuss prominent arguments for and against the current U.S. juvenile justice system. It will also compare U.S. juvenile justice laws with the more lauded laws of European countries, which have been cited as being more effective at rehabilitating young law breakers. The paper will suggest policy changes that can be implemented in order to ensure the current juvenile justice system becomes more effective at rehabilitating juvenile delinquents and making them more productive people in the society with higher chances of having successful futures.

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