Essays on Wraparound

Abstract:

Mental illnesses altogether place a significant burden of disorder on young people. They induce adequate negative outcomes short- and long-term in several domains. Many youths with mental illnesses such as Bipolar disorder and Schizophrenia fall into the clutches of the criminal justice system (CJS) due to their risky behavior. This leads to a problematic quality of life. The main objective of the paper is to highlight about the mental illnesses in youth and the criminal justice system. A web search was conducted and quality articles were retrieved. It was observed that mentally ill youth encounter trouble with regard to ...

Introduction

Juvenile correctional approaches in the United States centers around the best interest of the child. Young children below the age of 18 fall into the juvenile category. The system offers to purge any criminal record after a stipulated period of time and at the completion of certain terms. The juvenile records remain sealed from public record during this time and are rarely unsealed in spite of exceptional circumstances. Juvenile offenders are first part of a meeting between the State prosecutors to discuss the options of community service for nonviolent crimes. Only in the event of not reaching a conclusive ...

Chapter 20 Schools Don’t Improve if They Are Closed

This chapter is a critique of the Department of Education’s policy of closing under-performing schools in order to create better schools. The policy involves firing the school principal, some or all of the teachers, and in some cases completely closing the school (Ravitch, 2014, p. 214). After taking these steps, according to Ravitch (2014), a new school is created under control of a private education company or under direct control of the district school board. The argument from the writer is that schools can do better if provided with quality leadership, cohesion among teachers, and involvement from the ...

Description of adolescent sex offenders and their origin:

Adolescent sex offenders are children or teens who commit a forcible or non-forcible sex offense. The law enforcement group classifies sex offenses as forcible rape, such as fondling, sexual assault, sodomy, and rape. In the non-forcible rape, the victim cannot give her consent, and it includes statutory rape, and incest. The early theories indicate that an event/incident causes an impact to the emotional stability of the youth. This scenario leads to anger, which eventually results to fantasies and thoughts of retaliation. Then, the youth thinks of overpowering another person thus, resulting to an assault. Discussions with the offenders reveal ...

Introduction

Juvenile offenders are growing in numbers and they take a significant account of arrests involving the crimes of burglary, murder and rape. Juvenile delinquency is no doubt a social problem that is becoming pervasive if not addressed appropriately. The juvenile law took transitional stages in order to adopt to the changing trends in juvenile crimes and offenses. Through the efforts of social reformers, the juvenile justice system in the country took one form to another from the creation of reformation schools for the juvenile delinquents, the separation of juvenile offenders from the adult offenders, the creation of the special juvenile courts, ...

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Method 3 Context 5 Youth Justice Facility Background 7 Discussion 10 Reflection 15 Summary/Conclusion 15

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Youth Justice Education Introduction Young people, who have been in youth justice residences and are released into the community when their stipulated term is over experience a lot of challenges like stigma, failure to fit in and generally have to contend with a completely different way of doing things in day-to-day life. The bigger challenges are in getting favorable opportunities to continue with education, vocational training or even employment placements. The shame associated with having been in a youth justice ...

Introduction 3

Method 3 Context 5 Youth Justice Facility Background 7 Discussion 10 Reflection 15 Summary/Conclusion 15

References: 22

Youth Justice Education Introduction Young people, who have been in youth justice residences and are released into the community when their stipulated term is over experience a lot of challenges like stigma, failure to fit in and generally have to contend with a completely different way of doing things in day-to-day life. The bigger challenges are in getting favorable opportunities to continue with education, vocational training or even employment placements. The shame associated with having been in a youth justice ...