Preventative
Large-scale efforts to address economic disparities, unjust laws, and lack of resources in communities. They are necessary first steps to support youth.
What are prevention efforts?
Restorative justice is a theory and practice advocating for the involvement of offenders, victims, and community members in dealing with the harm of crime/delinquency.
What are restorative approaches?
Programs that are focused on changing juveniles’ behavior after they have already engaged in an act of delinquency.
What are rehabilitation programs?
Mentored/brought in by another gang member.
What is blessed-in?
Monthly visits to young mothers' home during pregnancy and the first 2 years of their children's lives.
What are nurse-family partnerships?
The practice of shaming someone who has done wrong followed by reintegration to reduce recidivism and promote restorative approaches.
What is reintegrative shaming?
Alternative to incarceration for youthful offenders with serious emotional, behavioral, and/or substance use problems who are in need of more structure than non-secured, community-based treatment.
What are residential treatment centers?
Gangs that pursue illegal activities in more than one country, especially prominent on both sides of the Mexico–U.S. border.
What are cross-border gangs?
The effects of a program or intervention that may not show themselves until several years after its completion, making it difficult to judge the program or intervention’s effectiveness.
What are sleeper effects?
Offender-oriented circles that help people get back on their feet after detention or incarceration and facilitate their community reintegration.
What are circles of support?
A step-by-step approach to making supervision decisions, including 5 levels ranging from immediate sanctions through to aftercare (reentry and return home).
What is the graduated response model?
Gangs that are quite disorganized and lack goals and consistent leadership.
What are scavenger gangs?
Delinquency prevention programs that aim to involve young people in organized social behaviors, learning activities, and/or recreational activities after school.
What are after-school programs?
A young person who has committed an act of delinquency will meet with the victim(s) of their act and a mediator to arrive at a mutually satisfying agreement.
What is victim-offender mediation?
A short-term program that is typically 30 hours long, in which a therapist, a social worker, or a trained probation officer works with a young person and their family after the youth has engaged in wrongdoing.
What is Functional Family Therapy? (therapeutic approach)
What is strain theory?