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Name: Tien Nguyen Juvenile Justice Web Search Young Adult Literature For each of the questions below, do a web search to find the answer. Write your answers in the spaces provided. For each, include the name of the website where you found your information (Google is not a website; it is a search engine). Please use only reliable sources (no Wikipedia) 1. How many youths were arrested in 2019? https://youthtoday.org/2021/05/national-juvenile-arrests-1980-2019/#:~:text=In%202019%2C%20law%20enforcement%20agencies,74%25%20below%20the%201996%20peak. 696,620 arrests 2. Why has the number of youths who are arrested and/or incarcerated decreased since the late 1990s? https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/16/americas-incarceration-rate-lowest-since-1995/ In 2018, Donald Trump signed a law where he wanted to decrease the population in federal prisons. This made sentences shorter and let more people walk free out of prison. Also the pandemic has changed things as to how society operates. Leaders and authority figures are more strict and watchful of their clients. 3. What is the purpose of the juvenile justice system? The primary goals of the juvenile justice system, in addition to maintaining public safety, are skill development, habilitation, rehabilitation, addressing treatment needs, and successful reintegration of youth into the community https://youth.gov/youth-topics/juvenile-justice#:~:text=The%20primary%20goals%20of%20the,of%20youth%20into%20the%20community. 4. What racial disparities exist in the juvenile justice system? Provide data. https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/racial-disparities-in-youth-commitments-and-arrests/ It’s expected for youth of color to be charged more often than their white peers. This claim is provided by the data in the website above. As of 2013, black juveniles were four times more likely to be charged/committed than white juveniles; American Indian juveniles were three times more likely; and Hispanic juveniles were 61% more likely. 5. At what age can someone be tried as an adult and is it the same age in every state? Juveniles in Illinois can tried as an adult at 18 and this law is different in some states and same in other states. https://www.juvenilecompact.org/age-matrix 6. What factors make it more likely that a youth will remain in the criminal justice system into adulthood? The major contributing factors to juvenile crimes include peer pressure, poor education, poor socioeconomic status, substance abuse, and neglectful parents. Let's have a look at each of these factors to understand how they affect the teens and how they can be curtailed https://www.secureteen.com/juvenile-delinquency/why-do-teens-commit-juvenile-crimes/ 7. On a given day in the US, how many youths are confined in facilities that are not their home? On any given day, over 48,000 youth in the United States are confined in facilities away from home as a result of juvenile justice or criminal justice involvement. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/youth2019.html#:~:text=On%20any%20given%20day%2C%20over,justice%20or%20criminal%20justice%20involvement. 8. A youth placed in a group home is how much more likely to get involved in the criminal justice system? Youth in group homes are 2.5 times more likely to become involved in the justice system than youth placed with foster families. https://jlc.org/news/what-foster-care-prison-pipeline#:~:text=Youth%20in%20group%20homes%20are,increase%20the%20likelihood%20of%20incarceration. 9. What is a group home and how did they originate? Group homes provide therapy, 24-hour supervision, and support to people with complex health needs in a home-like setting. This approach is sometimes utilized to treat teens experiencing mental health or behavioral issues. https://www.verywellmind.com/group-homes-for-troubled-teens-2610445 The start of juvenile group homes was largely supported by local community funds and staffed by volunteers in Boulder, Colorado in 1966. Many group homes adopted token economy, behavior modification programs with mixed results. https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/group-homes-early-years-later-years#:~:text=The%20start%20of%20juvenile%20group,modification%20programs%20with%20mixed%20results. 10. Are group homes effective? What factors make them more effective? Reflect on the information you found: How do you respond to this data? How does this data help you to understand the novel We Were Here? Did you find anything in your research that is interesting or important that this web search did not ask you about?