Juvenile Delinquency, Justice System, and Non-Custodial Penalties

This report explores the complexities of juvenile delinquency and the justice system, emphasizing the historical context of non-custodial penalties and their evolution. It delves into alternatives to detention, such as home confinement, day treatment, and shelter care, while also examining the role of probation and restorative justice in addressing juvenile crime. The report highlights the importance of tailoring sanctions to the severity of the offense and the juvenile's individual needs, as well as the increasing utilization of alternatives for detention and confinement. Furthermore, the report underscores the significance of restorative justice, which aims to repair harm caused by crime, contrasting it with traditional punitive approaches. The report also references the work of Bartollas & Miller (2014), Lacey (2013), and Sickmund & Puzzanchera (2014) to support its claims.

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1. The interest that is vested in analyzing the historical development of non- custodial
penalties is limited to contraposition of custodial punishment. It actually seems biased to
recommend that a comprehensive historical analysis from the perspective of comparison
on the theme. There are two reasons which tend to be both feasible as well as important.
First of all, in total the conceptualization of alternatives to prison is very much similar to
its basic form. As a result of that, a historical analysis of the search for alternatives and
the legislative adoptions would be able to facilitate a better comprehensive modern
location of the sanctions. And secondly, another important point is that the transformation
which the punishment has gone through at both the philosophical and practical levels
might indicate specific future directions of non- custodial consent. Official records of
delinquency and arrests are mainly based on the children of poor economic background.
Juvenile delinquency parts are correlated with poverty and low income (Bartollas &
Miller, 2014).
2. Alternatives to detention and confinement are the methods used for preventing juveniles
from being placed in a secure detention or the facilities of confinement when there are
more appropriate options for treatment like community based sanctions or residential
placements. The types of alternatives to detention are- home confinement, day or evening
treatment and shelter care. House arrest or home confinement prohibits the offender from
participating in any kind of activities outside their home. Day treatment provides strong
supervision to the offender, for example, the AMIkids Community- based day treatment
services. Shelter care is an alternative provided to the non- secure residential care for the
juvenile who requires short term placement out of their home. There are other types of
alternatives too to provide detention and confinement which leads to mixed outcome.

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Although there is an increase in the utilization of alternatives for detention and
confinement, they are still prevalent in variation across the states and judiciaries. The
ultimate goal is to plan and implement a justice for the juvenile with the best appropriate
and least restrictive sanction (Lacey, 2013).
3. The tradition goes like this that the juvenile crime and delinquency will be treated
differently than the adults. The sanctions are created with the seriousness of behavior and
the number of times the juvenile has appeared in the court. Gradually the juvenile will be
able to institutionalize themselves for a shorter period of time than the adults. Sometimes
when the juvenile shows emotional or mental instability, are ordered for counseling or
treatment programs. The court arranges for a routine probation sentence for the juveniles.
The most commonly used is informal probation requires an initial meeting between the
juvenile and the guardian with the support of a probation officer. To gain a better
outcome, restorative justice is reversed with the traditional justice to achieve the goals.
But restorative justice do not seek sanction or give penalty, the crime is seen as harm
caused to one person by another (Sickmund & Puzzanchera, 2014).

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Reference
Bartollas, C., & Miller, S. (2014). Juvenile justice in America. Pearson.
Lacey, C. (2013). Racial disparities and the juvenile justice system: A legacy of trauma. Los
Angeles, CA, and Durham, NC: National Center for Child Traumatic Stress.
Sickmund, M., & Puzzanchera, C. (2014). Juvenile offenders and victims: 2014 national report.