Question

What do you believe would be the most effective strategy in working with juveniles? Explain why.

Answer 1

• The most promising and cost-effective antigang strategy is preventing youth from joining gangs in the first place.Although prevention may be the most cost-effective antigang strategy, programs that target youth who are already involved in gang activity are critical.
• As the results from the juvenile violence studies indicate, there are certain situational conditions that appear to be associated with an increase in juvenile violent offending. Thus, it is important for interventions to target the locations and times associated with the highest risk of juvenile violent offending.
• The most effective way to prevent juvenile delinquency has indisputably been to assist children and their families early on.
  
• Some programs inform parents on how to raise healthy children; some teach children about the effects of drugs, gangs, sex, and weapons; and others aim to express to youth the innate worth they and all others have.
• All of these programs provide youths with the awareness that their actions have consequences. This is particularly important in an era where youth are barraged with sexual and violent images. Educational programs have the underlying intent of encouraging hope and opening up opportunities for young people.
• Recreation programs allow youths to connect with other adults and children in the community. Such positive friendships may assist children in later years. Youth programs are designed to fit the personalities and skills of different children and may include sports, dancing, music, rock climbing, drama, karate, bowling, art, and other activities.
• The "Parent-Child Integration Training Program" takes parents and children approximately 12 weeks to complete. It is designed to teach parenting skills to parents of children ages two to seven who exhibit major behavioral problems. The program places parents and children in interactive situations.
• A therapist guides the parents, educating them on how best to respond to their child's behavior, whether positive or negative. The program has been shown to reduce hyperactivity, attention deficit, aggression, and anxious behavior in children.
• Its important to find out the root cause of the problem,if delinquency has taken place and development programs according to that. But,yes most effective would be to identify the problems early on so that juveniles dont get too much into the crime aspect and whatever problem is associated with them right from situational to behavioural should be handled at the earliest.