Juvenile Delinquency Prevention

Juvenile Delinquency Prevention
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Introduction
From time to time, there are cases where the teenagers and other under age children commit acts of crime that would otherwise charged as criminal if they were committed by adults. In such cases, the children involved are called juvenile delinquents (Greenwood, 2014). There are a number of offences these children can take part in and be booked being delinquent, among them are crimes against person, property, drugs abuse and possession as well as crimes that are committed against order in the public. There have been a lot of interventions that have been devised in an effort to bring down the acts of crime. Protection programs are some of the aspects that have been quite effective in the management of delinquent youths.
These are programs where those youths that are found to have the criminal tendencies, and those that have been affected can be taken in an effort to make sure that they do not further engage in the unruly behavior. Where the children that are deliquescent are handled with care, they end up become full blown criminals (Findyouthinfo.gov, 2014). Most of the adult criminals that are on the streets today have had some history with crime from the time they were children. Below are some of the programs that have been in place for some time now, categorized on the basis of their success. That is, those that have been effective, those that look promising and those that have had no effects whatsoever. The review sheds light on several facets of the programs in a bid to illuminate on the properties of each.
The programs
Adolescent Diversion Project (Michigan State University) is one of the many effective programs, which is university led, and relates to community services. The program uses three pronged perspective as a way of reducing the crimes among the youths. The program uses learning socially; bonding and social control and at the same applies the theories of social interactions. The social bonding and control bring about relationship bonding that reduces delinquency. The social learning on the other hand controls the relationships that bring about acquired traits of delinquency through interactions with peers and family among others. The theories of social interactions, dictate that the youths should not be labeled as deliquescent as this will encourage more intentional and unintentional delinquent behavior. The program has several goals that it strives to achieve (Crimesolutions.gov, 2014a). One of the goals is that they prevent further delinquency in the future by the children by working to strengthen their bonds with their family, friends and other individuals they may interact with. At the same time they strive to make sure that the youths have increased access to the resources in the communities where they live. There is also a goal on protecting the youths from stigma within their social lives.
The main participants include the Ingham ...