Successful Reentry Program for the youth

It is widely believed that the American justice system (whether for adults or for juveniles) is counterproductive, ineffective, and likely to yield adverse outcomes that neutralize or subvert its desired benefits. Yet, it is possible to improve upon the current system by creating a productive policy, program, diversion, modification, or alternative that can help at-risk individuals to avoid enmeshment or retention in the justice system and/or the pathways that lead to it. Productive policies, programs, diversions, modifications and alternatives can take place in many different forms and many different settings. They can occur within police departments, courts, correctional institutions, after care programs, and post-release settings. They can be situated within families, peer groups, schools, neighborhoods, social service agencies, state legislatures and countless other venues. They can be in the form of innovative social policies or more productive social work programs. They can aim to prevent a person’s movement toward or into the justice system. Or, once in the system, they can seek to avert a person’s retention in it. And, they can promote a more productive exit from the system and more beneficial reentry and reintegration into open society. describe in detail one specific policy, program, diversion, modification, or alternative that you propose in order to improve the functioning and/or outcomes of the current justice system or one of its key components. You may focus upon either the juvenile justice system or the adult justice system. I. Describe the specific goals, content, unique features, and actual implementation of your proposed policy, program, diversion, modification, or alternative. II. Explicate the rationales that undergird your proposal. III. Explain how and why your proposal will improve or reform the current justice system or one of its components. IV. Describe who will implement your proposed changes and why those persons are preferable to other parties. Will social workers play a role? If not, why? V. State clearly and specifically the desired outcome(s) that you seek to attain from your initiative. VI. Specify what measure(s) can be employed to assess attainment of the outcome(s). VII. Explain how your proposal is likely to be cost-effective or cost-beneficial. VIII. Cite two or more publications from the professional literature that provide support for the approach that you are proposing. Provide the full citation for each and state in two or three sentences precisely how that publication supports your proposed approach.    

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