Introduction to Juvenile Justice -- exam 3

The greater the # of risk factors a child has…

the greater their likelihood of delinquency

What is antisocial behavior?

Antisocial behavior can include aggression, fighting, theft, cruelty to animals, assault, etc.

What is the three pronged approach to crime prevention strategy?

1. Police-Community Referral Protocols

2. Structured Professional Risk Assessments

3. Gender-Sensitive Model Programs (SNAP)

What are the primary goals of the risk assessment?

1. develop a risk assessment procedure

2. be prescriptive in interventions to manage individual violence risk

3. be transparent

4. integrate research and clinical practice

what is the severity of risk dependent on

1. the number of risk factors

2. the nature of risk factors

risk factors can be broken down into:

static factors and dynamic factors

dynamic factors

considered more malleable in the sense that they are currently going on while that child is receiving that intervention. ex: academic performance

static factors

more historical in nature. happened in the past. ex: abuse

Stop Now and Plan (SNAP) is based on:

1. cognitive behavioral therapy

2. self-control

3. problem-solving based

who gets admitted into snap?

children 11 and under

typical referral behaviors into snap include:

delinquency and antisocial behaviors

what are the primary referral sources into snap?

police, schools, child welfare agencies, and parents

What does growing up healthy focus on?

healthy relationship building

SNAP ORP for boys

1. SNAP Boys club

2. SNAP Parenting Group

3. One-on-one family counseling

4. individual befriending

5. academic tutoring

dropping out

to leave school before completing the required program of education

dropout rate

percentage of an age group that is not enrolled in school and has not earned a high school credential