Adolescents & Youths [Contents]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ Acronyms: translation everyone needs occasionally. +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Contents
A1. Local Services / Programs
Local News
A2. Monroe County Government
B. The Big Picture
C. Mental Health Involvements
D. Costs
E. Legal Terms
A1. Local (Monroe County & Rochester, NY) Services / Programs
Compeer - Mental-health recovery program, helping adults & children cope with mental illness through the "power of friendship," a complement to therapy. Locally at Compeer Rochester, Inc., 259 Monroe Ave., Rochester, NY 14607, Contacts: phone 585-546-8280, email dframe@compeer.org. [Top]
The Center for Youth Services, 905 Monroe Ave, Rochester, NY 14620. 585-473-2464; 24-hour help line, 585-271-7670; toll free 888-617-KIDS (5437); Off: 585-473-2464 (5437). Counseling, shelter, education, referrals, & more. Information & opportunities for young people to explore from their perspectives & on their terms.
Genesis House, a Salvation Army facility, "FB". Rochester, NY. Shelter for homeless & runaway children ages 16-20. Contact: 585-235-2660.
Milestones, a Pilot Program of ABC's Youth Intervention Services: Comprehensive youth intervention program dedicated to improving ability of youth (ages 7-21) involved in or at risk or becoming involved in street gangs / street culture. Helps youths become productive members of society through transitional services. Action for a Better Community, 49 Stone St., Rochester, NY 14604; Paul McFadden, 585-325-5116, 585-325-9180 (fax), & pmcfadden@abcinfo.org.
Pathways to Peace, at 585-428-6339; a City of Rochester program: "Choose peace over violence." Helps adolescents & young adults live safely. Advocates for youths, helps overcome obstacles & create opportunities. Links youths to services, programs, job opportunities. Workshops. [Top]
Teen Empowerment, 392 Genesee St., Rochester, NY 14611, 585-697-3464; local unit of its Boston, MA, parent organization. Its mission "is to empower youth and adults as agents of individual, institutional, and social change. Teen Empowerment (TE) inspires young people, and the adults who work with them, to think deeply about the most difficult social problems in their communities, and gives them the tools they need to work with others in creating significant positive change." Links: myspace.com, facebook, flickr, and YouTube.
Local News:
--> “Why are more Monroe County kids in the juvenile justice system?” by Denise-Marie Santiago (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, May 2, 2010).
--> “Troubled Rochester youth shares his story," by Denise-Marie Santiago (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, May 3, 2010).
==>"Justice for youth: Monroe's system too often is failing youthful offenders," editorial, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, May 10, 2010, p. 7A. [Top]
A2. Monroe County Government
Monroe County Department of Probation and Community Corrections: Further information re adolescents & youths will be added (04/07/10). [Top]
The Big Picture
Background: Rethinking Juvenile Justice, by Elizabeth S. Scott & Laurence Steinberg (Harverd University Press, 2008). Book based on diverse & solid evidence as well as scholarly & public opinion. While society must be protected from violent juveniles, incarceration in general, & adult punishment in particular, yields more harm then benefits. Youth rehabilitation built upon a strong model of adolescent mental & psychological development is likely to reduce recidivism. It could reverse the tendency of formerly incarcerated youths to move to more serious criminal & antisocial activity. Evidence-based adolescent rehabilitation programs would also improve adult behavior & reduce costs. [Top]
Child abuse, experts tell us, produces adolescent & youth involvement in the criminal justice syste & mental health difficulties. This link is to Child Abuse, a website of the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.
Children of Prisoners Embraced: COPE/ HOPE Initiatives, CDC 506 W. Broad Street Rochester NY 14608, mentoring. Peter Shaw, Program Director, 585-325-5325 x14.
Child Violence: The Children's Defense Fund's 2007 report on American children prone to abuse, violence, ill health, inadequate education, & arrest. The US ranks near the bottom compared to other wealthy countries in birthweight, mortality, & poverty. The U.S. incarcerates more people than any other country. See Marion Wright Edelman, "Young, Black and Locked Up," one of a series, Child Watch® Columns on America's Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Crisis. See America's Cradle to Prison Pipeline, Children's Defense Fund. [Top]
Families Left Behind: The Hidden Costs of Incarceration and Reentry, Urban Institute, Oct. 2003, rev. June 2005 (pp. 12).
Hard Core: For 20 years Fr. Greg Boyle has worked with the most difficult of delilquent & violent youths, hard core Los Angeles gang-bangers. His Homeboys Industries is a model for programs and results. On a national talk show in March 2010, Father Boyle declared, "We will not incarcerate outselves out of the problem." His books are G-Dog and the Homeboys (2004) & Tattoos on the Heart (2010).
Parents in Prison and Their Minor Children, Bureau of Justice Statistice Special Report, Aug. 2007 (pp. 25). [Top]
Reolving Door: "Juvenile detention 'a revolving door'," Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 11/02/07, p. 5B, led us to Fight Crime: Invest in Kids New York from the New York State Association of Chiefs of Police. [Top]
Search Institute: Standards for Youths to Flourish. This independent organization provides resources to promote healthy children, youths, & communities. Focus is on 40 Developmental Assets.
Youngsters & Imprisoned Parents: Broken Bonds: Understanding and Addressing the Needs of Children with Incarcerated Parents, Urban Institute, Feb. 2008 (pp. 21).
C. Mental Health Involvements
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: An attractive & easy-to-read NIMH brochure; PTSD & incarcerated adolescents, an article.
Psychiatric Disorders & Youths in Detention, an article. [Top]
D. Costs
Rochester-Monroe County Youth Bureau produced a one-page poster graphically illustrating comparative (much higher) cost per youth of New York State Office of Children & Family Services' development & prevention programs compared with the (much lower) cost of the Youth Bureau's UAR (Youth As Resources) program.
E. Legal Terms (Source: NYS Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives) [Top]
Juvenile Delinquent (JD): A person between the ages 7 and 16, who commits an act which if had been committed by an adult, would have been a crime.
Juvenile Offender: A criminal charge for a person charged with certain serious felonies alleged to have been committed when the person was at least 13 years old and less than 16 years old and processed in Criminal Court.
Person in Need of Supervision (PINS): A person less than eighteen years of age who does not attend school in accordance with the education law or who is incorrigible, ungovernable, or habitually disobedient and beyond the lawful control of a parent of other person legally responsible for such child’s care, or who possesses or uses illegal or controlled substances. [Top]
Probation: A department of government at the county or city level administering and carrying out probation functions, programs, and services pursuant to laws, policies and rules.
Probation Services: Intake/diversion, investigation, supervision, support/collection, and other special or related service delivery programs provided by a local probation department.
Probation Team: A group of probation officers or other probation personnel authorized by the local director of probation to perform supervision functions, who are designated to share the responsibility for case management and/or service delivery for either the full term of supervision or a limited period of time. A probation team may perform a specific supervision task or a variety of duties, in accordance with procedures established by the local director of probation.
Youthful Offender (YO): A special treatment for certain offenders between 14 and 19 which allows the criminal record to be sealed and does not disqualify a person from public employment or licensing. [Top]
==============================================
© SMART 2010 |
 |
