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Assignment?2:?Alternatives?to?Incarceration
Due?Week?10?and?worth?120?points
Recent?study?illustrates?that?nearly?two?(2)?million?juveniles?are?processed?through?juvenile?courts?across?the
United?States?each?year.?Depending?on?the?nature?of?the?crime,?juveniles?may?face?detention?or?incarceration?if
they?are?convicted.?Given?the?fact?that?many?courts?are?reluctant?to?incarcerate?criminal?offenders,?judges?often
consider?alternatives?to?incarceration.?The?driving?force?behind?these?alternatives?is?to?save?taxpayer?money?yet
still?demand?offender?accountability?and?impose?sanctions?for?criminal?behavior.?
Use?the?Internet?or?Strayer?databases?to?research?the?use?of?sanctions?other?than?incarceration?or?detention?for
juvenile?offenders.?
Write?a?two?to?three?(2?3)?page?paper?in?which?you:
Examine?the?underlying?historical?and?economic?reasons?behind?the?quest?for?alternatives?to?incarcerating
offenders?in?jails?and?prisons.
Describe?three?(3)?alternatives?to?incarceration?that?juvenile?courts?currently?use.?Provide?examples?of?such
alternatives?in?practice?to?support?the?response.
Discuss?the?significant?societal?and?individual?benefits?of?imposing?sanctions?or?punishments?that?do?not?involve
removing?an?offender?from?his?/?her?family?or?community.
Use?at?least?three?(3)?quality?references.?Note:?Wikipedia?and?other?Websites?do?not?qualify?as?academic
resources.?
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Be?typed,?double?spaced,?using?Times?New?Roman?font?(size?12),?with?one?inch?margins?on?all?sides;?citations
and?references?must?follow?APA?or?school?specific?format.?Check?with?your?professor?for?any?additional
instructions.
Include?a?cover?page?containing?the?title?of?the?assignment,?the?student?s?name,?the?professor?s?name,?the?course
title,?and?the?date.?The?cover?page?and?the?reference?page?are?not?included?in?the?required?assignment?page
length.
The?specific?learning?outcomes?associated?with?this?assignment?are:?
Explain?how?delinquents?have?been?handled?throughout?history.
Contrast?the?differences?between?the?juvenile?and?adult?justice?system?in?the?United?States.
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Identify?successful?evidence?based?treatment?modalities?for?juvenile?delinquents?and?be?able?to?describe?the
ingredients?of?effective?programs.
Use?technology?and?information?resources?to?research?issues?in?juvenile?delinquency?and?justice.
Write?clearly?and?concisely?about?juvenile?delinquency?and?justice?using?proper?writing?mechanics.
Grading?for?this?assignment?will?be?based?on?answer?quality,?logic?/?organization?of?the?paper,?and?language?and
writing?skills,?using?the?following?rubric?found?here.
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