JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Introduction

Due to a variety of causes and influenced by many factors, youth violence has negative consequences for all those involved, both for the victims and for the perpetrators. The objective Primary Program is therefore, to improve prevention in United States in order to stem the phenomenon. Assuming their responsibilities in this way policy childhood and youth, the authorities intend to promote the positive development of children and young people and the their context. Expectations should not, however, be too high. Given the variety of factors of influence and the rapid transformation of society, violence prevention is a task long term. You cannot also hope to completely eliminate youth violence and crime. The federal government, the cantons and municipalities are still convinced that through joint efforts and targeted towards the next five years will be able to obtain long-lasting effects.

Early Intervention Programs

Training programs of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention include:

Treat addictions and other self-destructive behaviors through different means, such as specialized courts.

They offer training programs for eligible youth.

Disclose the destructive aspects of youth gangs at risk of joining them.

Help young people before or after committing hate crimes and prejudice to understand, appreciate and respect the people in the community who look different or do not act like them or have the same religious beliefs.

Causes of youth violence, risk factors and protective factors

Violence is not attributable to a single cause, but is the product of the complex interaction of many influencing factors at different levels. Research on violence occur then explanatory models that consider not only individual, but also social, cultural and contextual. These factors act directly or indirectly on the child or young person. The influencing factors are divided into those who favor violence and those that prevent (Risk factors and protective factors). The relative importance of the various risk factors and protective evolves from early childhood to the end of puberty (Brandon, 2007). The level of influence and opportunities for interaction increasingly large overlap, in addition to the family school, relationships with peers, neighborhood groups and wider society. Risk factors are particularly strong application of educational methods problematic by parents (lack of commitment, inadequate monitoring or physical violence), rules of conduct in favor of violence or belong to a circle of friends with delinquent behavior or that glorify violence.

Guidelines for the Prevention of Violence

Some studies show that as early as manifested aggressive behavior and deviant in childhood, the greater the violence of a young man and the longer the duration of its career criminal. For this reason, the Federal Council insists that the instruments of prevention should be applied as soon as possible and throughout childhood and puberty. In its work, the Federal Council is based on a model of violence prevention commonly used by specialists and set different target groups: the general prevention, aimed at the whole population or specific groups of individuals, regardless of the risk they present; the ...