Afflictions - Psych. A 5 page discussion of the importance of an ongoing professional development plan for juvenile probation officers. Identifies juvenile behavior and psychology, communication, law and policy, and computer utilization as four key areas of concentration for such plans. Presents specific steps for addressing each of these areas in a defined, measurable, relevant, and timely way over a three year period. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Sentencing youth to incarceration can never be the sole solution to delinquency and crime. However, public fears about juvenile delinquency and crime have escalated in recent years, boosted in part by a handful of headline-grabbing incidents that foster stereotypes of young people as out of control. It is not as though these incidents do not happen, sadly they do. However, the doubt which it engenders in society's mind concerning its youth is equally damaging. One proposed solution is to sentence and incarcerate juveniles as adults.