Director of State Juvenile Bureau: Roles, Responsibilities, and Rehabilitation of Youthful Offenders

Running Head: CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINSITRATION 1
Director of State Juvenile Bureau
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Director of State Juvenile Bureau
A director of a State Juvenile Bureau acts as a correctional officer. As such, he ensures
that security of the facility with incarcerated minors follow the rules and maintain order. Thus,
the director works with juveniles who have been found guilty of criminal activities- for instance,
providing the minors with proper education helps in ensuring correcting their morals, which
makes them adorable people in the society. Moreover, the director is responsible for the
juvenile’s health, and effective measures need to be taken in recording and reporting any health
issues a juvenile may face. It is vital to note that some of the youth involved in a juvenile justice
system occasionally face difficulties in transitioning into adulthood. Thus, the director may need
to help such juveniles in developing a self-direction sense, autonomy, and social competence.
Unfortunately, the juvenile justice system often exposes these youth to a negative environment,
which prevents their progressive growth (Jannetta & Okeke, 2017). Therefore, the essay focuses
on the Bureau’s responsibilities in decision making regarding youthful offenders.
Improving the Effectiveness of a Juvenile Justice
Understanding the Cycle History of the Juveniles
According to Lipsey, Howell, Kelly, Chapman & Carver (2010), it is vital to improving
the evaluation and rehabilitation techniques that the Juvenile facility uses in correcting the
children. As such, treatment should be prioritized instead of punishing them as a form of
correction to juvenile offenders. Moreover, the get-tough movement increases emphasis on the
decline and deterrence in the rehabilitative techniques. For instance, youth offenders suffering
from Dilulio’s characterizations such as predators have been thought for long to be beyond
redemption. Fortunately, the director uses rehabilitation programs that assist in improving the

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state of youth offenders through continuous analysis of history regarding the rehabilitation of
such children. Hence, progressive research by the bureau on electronic monitoring, longer
sentences, shock incarceration, and drug testing is recommended to improve the juvenile justice
system. Also, the director may utilize a revised approach such as JJSIP in recommending the
youth to be transferred from adult State courts to a juvenile one. This will ensure that the young
offenders are not criminalized, but assisted in rehabilitating.
Intervention and Prevention Programs for the Juvenile Facility
The prevention programs are primarily developed and implemented by social service
agencies, schools, public and mental health agencies. As such, the director works along with law
enforcement to focus on the prevention measures, which would manage the risky behaviors of
some juvenile offenders. Alternatively, the Bureau’s director may use prevention as a practical
approach meant to address juvenile delinquency in any society (Lipsey et al., 2010). Thus, it
would assist in achieving better outcomes in the behaviors of the affected youths. Moreover, the
Bureau’s director may recommend a supervisory component comprising some structures such as
controlling and monitoring the behavior of the youths. For instance, day reporting, electronic
monitoring, securing custodial institutions, and non-residential facilities.
Model Programs with Certified Evidence through Credible Sources
The Bureau’s director may need to develop model programs that are selected based on a
recommendation from research that is supported by previous programs implemented. It is crucial
to note that research based on effective model programs in specific individual programs that have
improved outcomes in juvenile offenders. Additionally, the director may develop some programs