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Prevention and
Intervention
Programs for At Risk
Youth
Juliana Gonzales
Psychology/Human Development
CHHS 302
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Professional interest
profession goal  MSW
 At risk youth
 Foster care adolescents
 Juvenile Halls or Prevention Programs
 Future
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Critical Situation
 Growing
number of incarcerated youth
 Growing
population in prisons
 Correction
vs. Rehabilitation
( Intervention vs. Prevention)
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Rhetorical timing
 Economic
Crisis
 More
money for correction than for
rehabilitation
– Correction/person ( approx. $240)
– Rehabilitation/group
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They Say
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Underdeveloped pre-frontal cortex >>>risky behavior->substance use
-> delinquent activity (Krebs, 2010)
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1970’s and onward change in justice system, proposition 184 in 1994
( Stahlkopf, 2010)
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Juvenile incarceration is expensive and high rates of recidivism (over
50%) (Justice Policy Institute, 2009)
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“2007 an estimated 2.18 million juveniles were arrested… 15% of the
arrests in the US.” ( Diamond, 2011)
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Community Connection
 Community
members
– support rehabilitation type programs
 Department
of corrections
–rethink the corrections vs rehabilitation services
 Statewide
representatives
–fund more rehab and prevention programs
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References
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Diamond, B., Morris, R., & Caudill, J. (2011). Sustaining families, dissuading crime:
The effectiveness of a family preservation program with male delinquents. Journal
of Criminal Justice, 39(4), 338-43. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2011.03.005
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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
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Stahlkopf, C., et. al., Testing Incapacitation Theory: Youth Crime and Incarceration
in California. Crime & Delinquency v. 56 no. 2 (April 2010) p. 253-68
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Turner, S., & Fain, T. (2006). Accomplishments in Juvenile Probation in California
Over the Last Decade. Federal Probation, 70(1), 63-69. Retrieved from
EBSCOhost.
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Justice Policy Institute, 2009 Justice Policy Institute (2009). The costs of
confinement: Why good juvenile justice policies make good fiscal sense.
Washington, D.C.: Author. Retrieved from
http://www.justicepolicy.org/images/upload/09_05_REP_CostsOfConfinement_JJ_P
S.pdf.
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