ALTERNATIVE_TREATMENT_OPTIONS_FOR_JUVENILE

ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR JUVENILE Running head: ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR JUVENILE DELIQUENTS A Brief Look at Alternative Treatment Options for Juvenile Delinquents The Juvenile Justice System has many treatment options to choose from. Besides the usual jails and correctional centers, there are specialized Youth Centers, Group Homes, and Foster Care Programs. The first alternative treatment option for juveniles I will discuss is the Youth Center. In Ohio the Paint Creek Youth Center was assessed by Peter Greenwood and Susan Turner (1993). The main goal of this center is to provide high-quality tailored programming. There was a three-day orientation program and an aftercare program to assist in the transition of juvenile offenders back into society. The youths received classes and formal counseling instead of being locked up in a cell. They were part of the community. While at the center, they earned privileges as they progressed. Among the privileges were being allowed to have a paying job, family visits at the center, and weekends at home. The uniqueness of this program was the emphasis on tailored treatment. Instead of being lumped into groups, the youths were counseled individually. This allowed the counselors and youths treatment, juvenile, youth, programs, program, group, alternative, juveniles, home, brief, options, look, foster, family, delinquents, center, homes, justice, centers, care, system, specialized, should, option, lopez, haghighi, discuss, delinquent, being, behavior, youths, turner, tailored, probation, instead