NCJ Number
190671
Date Published
2001
Length
38 pages
Annotation
This section of the "Strategic Planning Master Notebook" contains the lesson plan for a training workshop module on the definition of the juvenile detention system as place or process, with a view toward reform planning.
Abstract
The module's performance objectives are to distinguish between juvenile detention as process and place; to create process alternatives based on the graduated-sanctions concept; and to explain the cost differences based on place versus process considerations. In addition to the listing of performance objectives, the lesson plan also includes a description of instructional methods/techniques and lists of instructor materials as well as equipment and supplies needed. The lesson plan then outlines the module instructional content. It notes that detention is a "process" in that it is intended by the court to cause three kinds of behavior to cease: reoffending (public protection); absconding (ensuring the juvenile's presence at court); and self-harm. The module content also advises that detention is a "place," in that it is a physical environment with varying levels of security, construction, hardware, and technology that produces the care and custody of juvenile residents. A main point of the module is that although the process and place of detention may occur simultaneously, this does not happen without strategic planning and effective implementation. Some of the planning discussed in the module involves controls on intake, cooperation among stakeholders, community involvement, and the cost-benefit ratio. Participant material includes papers on the basic principles of the balanced and restorative justice approach in working with juvenile offenders and their application in a juvenile detention setting, as well as the development of graduated sanctions and a continuum of care designed to relieve dependence on secure detention for juveniles.