This article pertained to the juvenile decline in most recent years. The juvenile offender has fallen 14%, which is the lowest since 1975. This can be due too many factors as certain activities that may of took part before the census date. This can include bed assignment, hospital visits, and un-authorized departures. When I looked at the graph for deaths of juveniles in custody, there was fourteen deaths and five of them were suicide. Four were illnesses, three were accidents, and the final two were homicide. But each death did not occur within the first days of their stay. So I would believe that suicide was not planned before being sentenced and was planned while they were admitted. The illnesses might have been transmitted there. If someone had had a prior disease, they should’ve been separated from the rest in the beginning so no one else could have caught the diseases as well. Rugby123
I agree with what you said, other kids should not have to be held with other delinquents who have a disease. It is so reassuring to see the juvenile offender rate drop so much, and I am anxious to see what the future holds. Hopefully it will keep decreasing over time! BenRoethlisberger123
They may have actually sectioned that youths off that had been sick but it does not really say. I do kind of agree with you that the suicides were not planned before sentencing but I also think that maybe one or two of them were. You never know really. A kid who was depressed could have been committing a crime thinking he was going to get killed in the process but actually didn't happen. It just really depends on how you look at the situation. Many of the youths that are admitted more than likely could have a neurological dysfunction that could go unseen by parents and even by some doctors potentially which could result in the arresting of the youth. I would also disagree with the person above me as just because on paper the youth crime rate is going down does not actually mean that youth have started doing less crime but may show that youth are getting better at the crimes they are doing!
I didn't read anything that resulted in diseases being spread and it states that zero people died from AIDS. I agree that juveniles with psychological orders should be caught before they enter the system. The only problem is many of the kids have psychological orders in the first place. There needs to be more counselors in these facility's to better the outcomes. Like I said in my blog hopefully the statistics get better.
I like how you touched on some of the facts that the article highlights. Obviously, these issues directly affect the juvenile correction system and something needs to be done. I'm glad to have seen this report because it reminds us that there are efforts being done to change them. -Pack123
Between 2000 and 2012, the number of residential placement facilities participating in JRFC fell 35%, and there was a 47% decrease in the number of juvenile offenders held in placement during the same period. Since 2000, the number of public facilities decreased 16%, while the number of private facilities experienced a much larger relative decline (47%). I found this information extremely intriguing, and I am glad that these rates are declining. As i read this article a wind of relief came over me, just comparing what the statistics used to be to now. It is truly relieving to see these juvenile delinquency rates declining. I feel we are taking a step in the right direction with how juveniles are being treated now, and this may be why these rates are decreasing. It is unbelievable what one person can do to affect one's life. We also have many more centers for juveniles to go and get help nowadays as well, and decent counselors to help them get back on the right track. BenRoethlisberger123
I couldn’t agree with you more about the numbers and the statistics. I think that if we build more facility’s it should be more prevention and not prison facilities. It would be nice to have more private to help to I believe because the private can afford it as sad as that sounds. Jfl123
I would have to agree with all of this. It is a good thing that all of the statistics are showing that everything is declining. Hopefully the things that we are doing now by taking better care of the juveniles are going to continue to help in the future. CSI 123
The JRFC does a very good job of really getting down to every aspect of what is going on with juvenile facilities today. Their broad range of research they did was a huge amount. From the amount of people to where they were placed and how it affected the outcomes of those places is pretty cool to see laid out on graphs right in front of you. Lets you see what is really going on in the facilities and how the facilities are ran. I didn't realize that there were different facilities that were ran by different sections like how some are state ran others are ran by the federal side but what i really didn't know was that there were privately owned facilities. That could potentially look bad if you have a place where children are held to make a profit but that is just my opinion. I do not believe however that the juvenile crime rate has really dropped. Yes, the numbers they portray show that there is in fact a drop in crime rate of the youth but it is always a double edged sword because those are just the crimes that have been solved or caught and recorded. This could show that the justice system is doing a really good job but it could also show that they are doing a terrible job because there could be new ways that kids are getting away with things and the police might just not have caught on to these new tactics yet. Youth have crazy imaginations bringing almost or no limits to their thought process giving them new ways to think about breaking laws and getting away with it because in a kids mind there is always a way to get around something and I believe that is still happening to this day.
I agree as many crimes go unreported and are never caught. A kids imagination is way more broader! Now I for one hope that the statistics are true and 100% reliable, but I know that in this case their are many undocumented numbers that could potentially reverse the statistics. But what I respected is that they do not hold anything back when they do these kinds of statistics as they shown suicides and what some cases were about which involved murder, rape, etc. At the same time I was educated on the way of privately owned facilities. I didn't their was entrepreneurship in that field. Like who wakes up and says "hmm I'm going to make a profit on juvenile delinquents!" I honestly do not know how I feel about this as making money on troubling kids is wrong, but then that would also mean psychologist are evil as well. But I do respect the ones that actually want to make a difference in the kids life and better them! Because that is how it should be! rugby123
Just as its a double headed sword when it comes to the crimes solved and the offenders caught there is a double headed sword when it comes to the JRFC. These are reports made from the facilities corporate offices or administrative offices. They aren't interviewing the children and asking if they are getting the necessary treatment and services that are provided by the state or federal government. MotherOf4123
I think it is interesting that there are more juvenile offenders that are in public facilities instead of the private. Even when there are more private facilities than public ones. The number of facilities surprised me to because I thought there would not be that many especially ones that don’t hold many juveniles. Which made sense to me was that if the facility is large then it is usually ran by the state and not a private company. Something that doesn’t shock me is that facilities are over crowded. Does make me wonder are we doing everything to change the youth’s behavior. Another thing that was weird to me was were the facilities that can hold 21 to 50 juveniles the ones that are mainly over crowded instead of other facilities. One good thing about what I have seen is that the number of juvenile offenders is decreasing. I hope that continues to happen. Jfl123
I was surprised on the number of juveniles that used to die in juvenile facilities. Between 1988-1994 an average of 46 deaths and 18 suicides. There should have been more people watching the juveniles and ones that showed signs of suicide should be the number one priority. In 2012 on the other hand only 14 deaths and five suicides. This is much better and shows how far juvenile centers have come. Juveniles should feel safe in the facility while they are serving their time. It is also important that families feel safe about their loved one serving their time. I initially figured that most of the deaths would have been homicides because most of the juveniles are violent and that's why they are their in the first place. But that wasn't the case, suicides and accidents were over fifty percent of the deaths. Hopefully the facilities will continue or make these statistics better.
I feel the same way as you. Since the rates of death have gone down about 20 deaths per year, I wonder how much they are going to go down within the best few years. I thought there were going to be more homicides because of the gangs that they may have been in, but that wasn't what they showed. I want to see the data for the next JRFC to see how much the deaths have gone down, if it has. FBI123
In this article, it talks about the juvenile facility rates and how they housed the access population. Twenty one percent of facilities said that the number of residents they held in the 2012 census date put them at or over the capacity of their standard beds or that they relied on make shift beds. That just goes to show that we are still dealing with the overpopulation of prisons. With the overpopulation, there are still issues on what we should be doing to bring it down. Granted, the overall population of juvenile offenders decreased fourteen percent from 2010 to 2012. I also found interesting that death rates were higher for private facilities than public facilities even though there wasn’t very many deaths that had occurred. CSI 123
Its true that the overall population of offenders needs to go down due to the overcrowding of jails and prisons. But seeing that the juvenile population is going down and is still lower than the adult population in jails or prisons is a good sign and is still helping out. wreked123
I found this article interesting considering I've interned at a juvenile facility before. Most of the conditions in the article describe how juveniles are handled. From experience I thing the Juvenile Residential Placement group is well needed in these facilities. Although these juveniles are offenders they are still tender and they are children. The way they are talked to isn't necessary treatment. They are actually treated like adult offenders just the things they do in the facilities are called different things for example older offender go to the yard and place ball lift weights and different things. The juveniles have fee time which they get cheated out of because the counsels don't fell like going to the gym letting them out the day room to play board games and things normal kids do. I mean that is what they are trying to do rehabilitate them right. Now for the suicides and murders deaths in the facilities is fishy. There should be a racial of guards or counsels to inmates. If for any reason the offender shows interest in harming themselves or another person they are put on watch. The watch should be for mins or less. If the offender attempts and fail to commit suicide they are put on 24hr surveillance. They sleep in front of someone eyes are never off of the child/offender. I think more time and money should be spend on the youth to stop them from later becoming a felon. Recidivism is what is need to be declined.MotherOf4123
The JRFC does a good job at finding and organizing the information about juvenile offenders. They did say that juvenile offenses have dropped 14%, and that that is the lowest its been in 30 or more years witch is a good thing. But that number I would say isn't the most accurate it could be since they done record all data like juveniles in mental facilities for example witch could change the number up or down. And seeing that juvenile offenders are more likely being held in a local jail other than a state ran jail or something private is good news meaning they are closer to support if needed. wreked123
I agree that the census should have at the very least mentioned the statistics of juveniles in mental facilities. This is because sometimes a juvenile might be sentenced to a mental facility, or even to therapy for their actions. It's good that the numbers are down for those being held at security facilities, but may not represent the whole population. Silverado123
I never really thought to look at the JRFC. I never knew it was a thing to be honest. I am happy to see that Juvenile offenders dropped 14% between 2010-2012. The first thing that caught my eye was the table on page 2. I never realized that there were so many Juvenile facilities in Illinois, let alone in the United States. I thought there were going to be a lot less. I was really interested in finding out how many Juveniles have died while there were in custody. Over the course of 12 months, there were 14 deaths. That is crazy. Five of the deaths were suicide, four were illness or a natural cause, three were accidents, and two were a homicide. I thought that there were going to be more homicides or accidents than suicides. Looking in the past, over the years of 1988-1994, there were 46 deaths a year on average, and 18 suicides on average over the course of those years. 2000-2012 there were 20 deaths on average, and 8 suicides. That makes me feel better that the average deaths have gone down so much. It shows that the staff is actually doing what they are supposed to do. FBI123
I found the article quite interesting. I was amazed while reading the article how many youths were held in different facilities. I also found it interesting that facilities held 9,293 resident's, the vast majority of whom were offenders younger than 21. Nationwide , 413 juvenile facilities ( 21 % ) were at or over standard capacity. I honestly cant believe the capacity of so many youths being held at these different facilities. I think it is breath taking yet isn't fair to the family's that allowed there youths to experience these facilities, way far to young. There should've been more and a better understanding with the youth and there families. I also find it needed and it should be given to the youths, that are maybe not willing to follow rules and the responsibilities that are given. I also found interesting in the article the deaths that are taking place in these facilities are just ridiculous. There should've been a better form of systems to there cameras or the facilities members clearly was not doing there job as to keeping a better eye on there staff. Socialbutterfly
I like the way the report organizes all of the data, and how specific some of it gets. Within the report, they explain how juvenile offending is down 14% as compared to the previous 30 years. Another statistic is how a little over half of prisons were publicly run. With this in mind, they still housed 69% of the juvenile offenders. This means public prisons still held more juveniles than private prisons. All of these statistics point to the fact that our prisons are overpopulated. This, in my opinion, is just another strong piece of argumentative data to help push us to overhaul the prison and jail system. But more specifically, the Juvenile delinquency system. -Pack123
This was a well rounded, and intelligent statistical analysis. What I found most interesting was the treatment that the children received. The children seemed to be treated rather well, with only a few suicides that have occurred. These suicides were sad and of course unfortunate. The fact is though, that their treatment is rather nice. Many of them do not get locked in at night, and aren't usually forced to feel like caged animals. It also helps that only two percent of the facilities were overcrowded. This is much less than I would have assumed, so many of the children wouldn't have to struggle with overcrowding. The greatest part of this analysis, is that the number of children housed in these facilities has fallen since the seventies. It is a sign of more education or possibly a better system in place to teach these children about not committing crimes. Silverado123
This article pertained to the juvenile decline in most recent years. The juvenile offender has fallen 14%, which is the lowest since 1975. This can be due too many factors as certain activities that may of took part before the census date. This can include bed assignment, hospital visits, and un-authorized departures. When I looked at the graph for deaths of juveniles in custody, there was fourteen deaths and five of them were suicide. Four were illnesses, three were accidents, and the final two were homicide. But each death did not occur within the first days of their stay. So I would believe that suicide was not planned before being sentenced and was planned while they were admitted. The illnesses might have been transmitted there. If someone had had a prior disease, they should’ve been separated from the rest in the beginning so no one else could have caught the diseases as well.
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I agree with what you said, other kids should not have to be held with other delinquents who have a disease. It is so reassuring to see the juvenile offender rate drop so much, and I am anxious to see what the future holds. Hopefully it will keep decreasing over time! BenRoethlisberger123
DeleteThey may have actually sectioned that youths off that had been sick but it does not really say. I do kind of agree with you that the suicides were not planned before sentencing but I also think that maybe one or two of them were. You never know really. A kid who was depressed could have been committing a crime thinking he was going to get killed in the process but actually didn't happen. It just really depends on how you look at the situation. Many of the youths that are admitted more than likely could have a neurological dysfunction that could go unseen by parents and even by some doctors potentially which could result in the arresting of the youth. I would also disagree with the person above me as just because on paper the youth crime rate is going down does not actually mean that youth have started doing less crime but may show that youth are getting better at the crimes they are doing!
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I didn't read anything that resulted in diseases being spread and it states that zero people died from AIDS. I agree that juveniles with psychological orders should be caught before they enter the system. The only problem is many of the kids have psychological orders in the first place. There needs to be more counselors in these facility's to better the outcomes. Like I said in my blog hopefully the statistics get better.
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I like how you touched on some of the facts that the article highlights. Obviously, these issues directly affect the juvenile correction system and something needs to be done. I'm glad to have seen this report because it reminds us that there are efforts being done to change them. -Pack123
DeleteBetween 2000 and 2012, the number of residential placement facilities participating in JRFC fell 35%, and there was a 47% decrease in the number of juvenile offenders held in placement during the same period. Since 2000, the number of public facilities decreased 16%, while the number of private facilities experienced a much larger relative decline (47%). I found this information extremely intriguing, and I am glad that these rates are declining. As i read this article a wind of relief came over me, just comparing what the statistics used to be to now. It is truly relieving to see these juvenile delinquency rates declining. I feel we are taking a step in the right direction with how juveniles are being treated now, and this may be why these rates are decreasing. It is unbelievable what one person can do to affect one's life. We also have many more centers for juveniles to go and get help nowadays as well, and decent counselors to help them get back on the right track. BenRoethlisberger123
ReplyDeleteI couldn’t agree with you more about the numbers and the statistics. I think that if we build more facility’s it should be more prevention and not prison facilities. It would be nice to have more private to help to I believe because the private can afford it as sad as that sounds.
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I would have to agree with all of this. It is a good thing that all of the statistics are showing that everything is declining. Hopefully the things that we are doing now by taking better care of the juveniles are going to continue to help in the future. CSI 123
DeleteThe JRFC does a very good job of really getting down to every aspect of what is going on with juvenile facilities today. Their broad range of research they did was a huge amount. From the amount of people to where they were placed and how it affected the outcomes of those places is pretty cool to see laid out on graphs right in front of you. Lets you see what is really going on in the facilities and how the facilities are ran. I didn't realize that there were different facilities that were ran by different sections like how some are state ran others are ran by the federal side but what i really didn't know was that there were privately owned facilities. That could potentially look bad if you have a place where children are held to make a profit but that is just my opinion. I do not believe however that the juvenile crime rate has really dropped. Yes, the numbers they portray show that there is in fact a drop in crime rate of the youth but it is always a double edged sword because those are just the crimes that have been solved or caught and recorded. This could show that the justice system is doing a really good job but it could also show that they are doing a terrible job because there could be new ways that kids are getting away with things and the police might just not have caught on to these new tactics yet. Youth have crazy imaginations bringing almost or no limits to their thought process giving them new ways to think about breaking laws and getting away with it because in a kids mind there is always a way to get around something and I believe that is still happening to this day.
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I agree as many crimes go unreported and are never caught. A kids imagination is way more broader! Now I for one hope that the statistics are true and 100% reliable, but I know that in this case their are many undocumented numbers that could potentially reverse the statistics. But what I respected is that they do not hold anything back when they do these kinds of statistics as they shown suicides and what some cases were about which involved murder, rape, etc. At the same time I was educated on the way of privately owned facilities. I didn't their was entrepreneurship in that field. Like who wakes up and says "hmm I'm going to make a profit on juvenile delinquents!" I honestly do not know how I feel about this as making money on troubling kids is wrong, but then that would also mean psychologist are evil as well. But I do respect the ones that actually want to make a difference in the kids life and better them! Because that is how it should be!
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Just as its a double headed sword when it comes to the crimes solved and the offenders caught there is a double headed sword when it comes to the JRFC. These are reports made from the facilities corporate offices or administrative offices. They aren't interviewing the children and asking if they are getting the necessary treatment and services that are provided by the state or federal government. MotherOf4123
DeleteI think it is interesting that there are more juvenile offenders that are in public facilities instead of the private. Even when there are more private facilities than public ones. The number of facilities surprised me to because I thought there would not be that many especially ones that don’t hold many juveniles. Which made sense to me was that if the facility is large then it is usually ran by the state and not a private company. Something that doesn’t shock me is that facilities are over crowded. Does make me wonder are we doing everything to change the youth’s behavior. Another thing that was weird to me was were the facilities that can hold 21 to 50 juveniles the ones that are mainly over crowded instead of other facilities. One good thing about what I have seen is that the number of juvenile offenders is decreasing. I hope that continues to happen.
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I was surprised on the number of juveniles that used to die in juvenile facilities. Between 1988-1994 an average of 46 deaths and 18 suicides. There should have been more people watching the juveniles and ones that showed signs of suicide should be the number one priority. In 2012 on the other hand only 14 deaths and five suicides. This is much better and shows how far juvenile centers have come. Juveniles should feel safe in the facility while they are serving their time. It is also important that families feel safe about their loved one serving their time. I initially figured that most of the deaths would have been homicides because most of the juveniles are violent and that's why they are their in the first place. But that wasn't the case, suicides and accidents were over fifty percent of the deaths. Hopefully the facilities will continue or make these statistics better.
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I feel the same way as you. Since the rates of death have gone down about 20 deaths per year, I wonder how much they are going to go down within the best few years. I thought there were going to be more homicides because of the gangs that they may have been in, but that wasn't what they showed. I want to see the data for the next JRFC to see how much the deaths have gone down, if it has.
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In this article, it talks about the juvenile facility rates and how they housed the access population. Twenty one percent of facilities said that the number of residents they held in the 2012 census date put them at or over the capacity of their standard beds or that they relied on make shift beds. That just goes to show that we are still dealing with the overpopulation of prisons. With the overpopulation, there are still issues on what we should be doing to bring it down. Granted, the overall population of juvenile offenders decreased fourteen percent from 2010 to 2012. I also found interesting that death rates were higher for private facilities than public facilities even though there wasn’t very many deaths that had occurred. CSI 123
ReplyDeleteIts true that the overall population of offenders needs to go down due to the overcrowding of jails and prisons. But seeing that the juvenile population is going down and is still lower than the adult population in jails or prisons is a good sign and is still helping out.
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I found this article interesting considering I've interned at a juvenile facility before. Most of the conditions in the article describe how juveniles are handled. From experience I thing the Juvenile Residential Placement group is well needed in these facilities. Although these juveniles are offenders they are still tender and they are children. The way they are talked to isn't necessary treatment. They are actually treated like adult offenders just the things they do in the facilities are called different things for example older offender go to the yard and place ball lift weights and different things. The juveniles have fee time which they get cheated out of because the counsels don't fell like going to the gym letting them out the day room to play board games and things normal kids do. I mean that is what they are trying to do rehabilitate them right. Now for the suicides and murders deaths in the facilities is fishy. There should be a racial of guards or counsels to inmates. If for any reason the offender shows interest in harming themselves or another person they are put on watch. The watch should be for mins or less. If the offender attempts and fail to commit suicide they are put on 24hr surveillance. They sleep in front of someone eyes are never off of the child/offender. I think more time and money should be spend on the youth to stop them from later becoming a felon. Recidivism is what is need to be declined.MotherOf4123
ReplyDeleteThe JRFC does a good job at finding and organizing the information about juvenile offenders. They did say that juvenile offenses have dropped 14%, and that that is the lowest its been in 30 or more years witch is a good thing. But that number I would say isn't the most accurate it could be since they done record all data like juveniles in mental facilities for example witch could change the number up or down. And seeing that juvenile offenders are more likely being held in a local jail other than a state ran jail or something private is good news meaning they are closer to support if needed.
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I agree that the census should have at the very least mentioned the statistics of juveniles in mental facilities. This is because sometimes a juvenile might be sentenced to a mental facility, or even to therapy for their actions. It's good that the numbers are down for those being held at security facilities, but may not represent the whole population.
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I never really thought to look at the JRFC. I never knew it was a thing to be honest. I am happy to see that Juvenile offenders dropped 14% between 2010-2012. The first thing that caught my eye was the table on page 2. I never realized that there were so many Juvenile facilities in Illinois, let alone in the United States. I thought there were going to be a lot less. I was really interested in finding out how many Juveniles have died while there were in custody. Over the course of 12 months, there were 14 deaths. That is crazy. Five of the deaths were suicide, four were illness or a natural cause, three were accidents, and two were a homicide. I thought that there were going to be more homicides or accidents than suicides. Looking in the past, over the years of 1988-1994, there were 46 deaths a year on average, and 18 suicides on average over the course of those years. 2000-2012 there were 20 deaths on average, and 8 suicides. That makes me feel better that the average deaths have gone down so much. It shows that the staff is actually doing what they are supposed to do.
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I found the article quite interesting. I was amazed while reading the article how many youths were held in different facilities. I also found it interesting that facilities held 9,293 resident's, the vast majority of whom were offenders younger than 21. Nationwide , 413 juvenile facilities ( 21 % ) were at or over standard capacity. I honestly cant believe the capacity of so many youths being held at these different facilities. I think it is breath taking yet isn't fair to the family's that allowed there youths to experience these facilities, way far to young. There should've been more and a better understanding with the youth and there families. I also find it needed and it should be given to the youths, that are maybe not willing to follow rules and the responsibilities that are given. I also found interesting in the article the deaths that are taking place in these facilities are just ridiculous. There should've been a better form of systems to there cameras or the facilities members clearly was not doing there job as to keeping a better eye on there staff. Socialbutterfly
ReplyDeleteI like the way the report organizes all of the data, and how specific some of it gets. Within the report, they explain how juvenile offending is down 14% as compared to the previous 30 years. Another statistic is how a little over half of prisons were publicly run. With this in mind, they still housed 69% of the juvenile offenders. This means public prisons still held more juveniles than private prisons. All of these statistics point to the fact that our prisons are overpopulated. This, in my opinion, is just another strong piece of argumentative data to help push us to overhaul the prison and jail system. But more specifically, the Juvenile delinquency system. -Pack123
ReplyDeleteThis was a well rounded, and intelligent statistical analysis. What I found most interesting was the treatment that the children received. The children seemed to be treated rather well, with only a few suicides that have occurred. These suicides were sad and of course unfortunate. The fact is though, that their treatment is rather nice. Many of them do not get locked in at night, and aren't usually forced to feel like caged animals. It also helps that only two percent of the facilities were overcrowded. This is much less than I would have assumed, so many of the children wouldn't have to struggle with overcrowding. The greatest part of this analysis, is that the number of children housed in these facilities has fallen since the seventies. It is a sign of more education or possibly a better system in place to teach these children about not committing crimes.
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