CJ 112 Module Six Assignment Template
Juvenile Jusce System
Law Enforcement Courts Correcons
School resource ocers have three roles:
law enforcer, mentor/counselor, and
educator. SRO’s goal is to create and
preserve an atmosphere of safety and
learning for students.
As a school resource ocer, being able to
receive and communicate verbally and
nonverbally are key in being able to
perform the job e#ec$vely in order to be a
forceful resource to teachers, students,
and parents.
Restora$ve jus$ce is a form of
rehabilita$on that hones in on repairing
the harm done as a result of criminal
behavior.
Instead of focusing on punishing juveniles,
using the restora$ve jus$ce approach
explores to mend the harm done by
holding o#enders accountable for their
behavior and including the community in
their rehabilita$on.
In simpler terms, a juvenile proba$on
ocers job entails supervising youth
within their caseload and ensuring that
their proba$oners are complying with
court orders.
JPO’s work with various social-service
agencies to connect proba$oners with
resources for obtaining employment,
mental health or substance abuse services.
As a juvenile proba$on ocer, ac$ve
listening is cri$cal. Listening to the judge,
proba$oner, employer or anyone else in
the proba$oner’s life to ensure that they
are complying with the terms of their
proba$on.
Schools where there is a police presence
are more likely to have students arrested
and a+ributed to the criminal jus$ce
system when punished for minor o#enses.
As a result, these decisions made by law
enforcement contribute to the school-to-
prison pipeline.
For someone who makes or communicates
decisions related to the school-to-prison
pipeline, e#ec$ve communica$on skills are
paramount. They should be able to convey
the importance of posi$ve reinforcement,
focusing on ge.ng out of the problem and
into the solu$on.
When dealing with a juvenile o#ender, the
courts have three principles that are to be
taken into considera$on: presump$on of
innocence, presump$on of the least
amount of involvement with the system,
and the presump$on of the best interest
of the minor.
Juveniles court process is more informal
than the adult court process. Juvenile
courts hand down harsh disciplines,
although not as serious as adult courts nor
do they sentence juveniles to the same
extensive prison sentences as adult
o#enders. Juvenile courts tend to lean
towards more of a rehabilita$on approach
rather than incarcera$on.
Someone working with juveniles in the
court process should acquire a level of
cultural awareness and a clear
understanding of juvenile law and the
juvenile jus$ce system.
Separa$ng juveniles from adults in a
correc$onal se.ng is one of four and the
most important goal of the juvenile jus$ce
system to avoid adult o#enders from
corrup$ng juvenile o#enders.
Cri$cal skills to possess for someone who
is working with juveniles in a correc$onal
se.ng would be not only ac$ve listening
and communica$ng, but the tone of voice
and body language can in2uence the
youth’s behavior and reac$ons.
