Juvenile Mentoring Populations PPT
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TreatmentProgramsforSpecialPopulations.pptxTreatment Programs for Special Populations
Chalyne Arvie
Diana Wheatley
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16MAR2020
Trends
The rise of women's prison population has long been obscured by discussions on the total population.
Since 1978, there was a mass incarceration for women alongside male counterparts.
The total number of people in prisons have reduced but most of the decrease has been because of men.
There is a disparity between genders even in the prison system.
The discussion has focused on men mostly and little regard is given to females.
Females were also incarcerated in huge numbers alongside male counterparts but reforms do not seem to reflect a recued number.
The registered decrease has been because of reduction in number of men and not much reduction in terms of women(Miller et al., 2016).
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There are 35 states where the women's population numbers have fared worse compared to men.
The populations of women have grown enough to counteract the reduction seen in male population.
Majority of these states undermine their commitment through ignoring the incarceration of women.
There are 35 states which have continued to ignore the plight of women in the prison system (Miller et al., 2016).
In some of these, the population of women has increased balancing out the reduction in the number of men.
At the same time, there are some majority of these states that will undermine their commitment to the justice system through ignorance of the issue of women incarceration.
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Woman in the period between 1978 and 2015 were the fasted growing segment of those in prison.
The case is alarming but few understand the happenings in their state.
It is important to understand these trends and see how state level choices are dictating the future of incarceration.
As other segments see a relative decline, the number of women in prisons have continued to grow mainly because of lack of awareness of state policies.
It is alarming for policies to be there to reduce the state prison populations but little being done to address the plight of women in the system( Kruttschnitt et al., 2019).
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There are other forms of punishment for the female population.
One of them is use of fines. There are fines for some offenses that do not warrant jail time.
Community service is also common for the minor offenses.
There are other forms of punishment that are there for the female population.
One of these is the use of fines which give the offender the chance to provide monetary compensation for their mistakes.
Community service hours are also given to women who are found in the wrong side of the law( Kruttschnitt et al., 2019).
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Targeted Treatment Programs
There are various programs that are present for the female population.
Each of the programs has a different effect expending on how it is applied.
One of the programmed that is there is Moving On.
This is a program which helps the at-risk women to move away from crime and rebuild their lives during incarceration and after.
There are various programs that have been established to help females in the criminal justice system.
Each of them is designed specifically to get the best results for the argot population.
Moving On is one program which has helped the population to move on with their life after they are jailed.
It gives them coping skills to get into meaningful employment.
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Another kind of program that has been found to be effective is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
This form of forensic treatment has been found to be effective among the population.
The physiological methods have also been ineffective in some cases because they are based mainly on behaviors of male offenders.
Physiological methods have been used over the years on the female offenders,.
Method such as cognitive behavioral therapy have been effective among the population but there are some which have failed.
The failure comes mainly from the fact that the method are based on the behavior of the male offenders.
This is where looking at individual characteristics is important.
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There are other programs which train women on their parenting skills.
Such a program is one which trains female prisoners on how to meet the developmental needs of their children.
This program has been successful for the female prisoners as well as better outcomes for their children.
Other programs which look at the incarcerated females is those on parenting skills.
These seek to train the female prisoners on how they can meet those developmental needs which their children have.
Such a program has been a success for better outcomes for the prisoners and their children( Kruttschnitt et al., 2019).
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Unique Attributes
There are several unique attributes which have to be considered in the development of treatment programs.
One of the attributes that has to be there is that majority of women are mothers.
It is important to note they are mothers and consideration must be made when designing these programs.
Women have several unique attributes that need to be considered when coming up with these programs.
One consideration is that some of the women in the institutions are mothers.
It is important for programs to understand that there are women who are mothers and when incarcerated this becomes a challenge to them.
Coping programs need to be clearly understand this role that they play (Rowell-Cunsolo et al., 2016).
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The other consideration that must be made in these programs is that women experience a lot of physical and sexual abuse.
Programs need to have a way of helping women cope with these two conditions.
It is important for programs to assist in emotional healing from depression and past experiences.
There are women who are dealing with several issues such as PTSD and anger from past experiences.
Women are more vulnerable to these acts today more than men and they need to be assisted on how to heal and cope.
Programs must consider the healing part to break cycles of violence (Rowell-Cunsolo et al., 2016).
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The other unique attribute is that female offenders are mostly economically and socially disadvantaged.
Female offenders are likely to be jobless and lack a proper way of meeting their needs.
A program needs to be based on how to help the majority of offenders to make a decent living for themselves.
It is important to note that most offenders are socially and economically disadvantaged(Miller et al., 2016).
Before anything else, a program needs to help the female offenders to meet their basic needs.
They need a way to make a decent living without humiliation else they may fall back into crime.
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References
Miller, H. V., Miller, J. M., & Barnes, J. C. (2016). Reentry programming for opioid and opiate involved female offenders: Findings from a mixed methods evaluation. Journal of Criminal Justice, 46, 129-136.
Kruttschnitt, C., Joosen, K., & Bijleveld, C. (2019). Research note: Re-examining the gender responsive approach to female offending and its basis in the pathways literature. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 58(6), 485-499.
Rowell-Cunsolo, T. L., Szeto, B., Sampong, S. A., & Larson, E. L. (2016). Predictors of sexual behavior among men and women in New York City area prisons. Culture, health & sexuality, 18(12), 1393-1406.
