... a Zero-Tolerance Policy that mandates the penalties for committing a violent act. The most common forms of violence control in these schools are the use of suspensions, expulsions, and sending students to alternative schools or programs. These are simple ways to help incorporate good behavior. The problem is that these actions don't always do a proper job of preventing violence, instead they ... are used for punishment after the violent act has already occurred. To help stop violence before it happens schools have been forced to rely on other ... has become an effective effort. This inv...

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... . The first facility was the House of Refuge in New York, established in 1824 (History of Juvenile Justice System 2013). The early idea for these facilities was to be training schools, because many of the youthful offenders were beggars or stealing food to stay alive. The juvenile court decisions on cases were usually warnings, probation, or confining the youth in a reform ... a court-ordered family therapist from the Indiana Juvenile Justice Task Force . She worked with the Family Support Services to place Neely in an intensive home-based intervention designed as an alternative to out-o...

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Use federal tax dollars to fund these therapeutic communities in prisons. I feel that if we teach these prisoners some self-control and alternative lifestyles that we can keep them from reentering the prisons once they get out. I am also going to describe some of today's programs that have proven to be very effective. ... offenses (Siegel 1998). This is where therapeutic communities come into play. The term "therapeutic community" has been used in many different forms of treatment, including residential group homes and special schools, and different conditions, like mental illness, alcoholis...

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... be seen and felt in other government programs. As we've discussed, the US education system is in a state of crisis. Schools do not have adequate funding to educate the kids. This is especially a problem in urban areas, where the alternative to school is life on the streets. Social services are also being eliminated, giving many no other option but to stay ... ...

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