Department of Juvenile Justice

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) in Florida, focusing on why it was created, what it was designed to resolve, its goals, and other pertinent information. The paper concludes that the DJJ program has proven that the program works in many ways and gives the adolescent a more positive outlook, that someone does care, and the world is not that bad.

Outline:
Introduction
Problems
Designed to Resolve and Goals
Other Key Information
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"It started in 1897 when the Florida Legislature passed "An Act to Provide for the Locating and Erecting a State Reform School." Three years later, the Florida State Reform School was opened in Marianna. Before reform schools juveniles was incarcerated with adults. Almost 100 years later, the "Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 1990" called attention to early intervention and prevention programs for juvenile delinquent children within the Department of Children and Family Services of the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services."

Sample of Sources Used:

• An Historical Overview: The Creation of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. (2008). Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. Retrieved June 12, 2008, from http://www.djj.state.fl.us/AboutDJJ/index.html
• Five Year Juvenile Delinquency Trends and Conditions. (2008). Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. Retrieved June 12, 2008, from http://www.djj.state.fl.us/Research/Trends.html
• Rouda, R. H. and Kusy, M. E. (1995). Needs Assessment the first step. Retrieved June 10, 2008, from http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~rouda/T2_NA.html

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