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War On Poverty: A Case Study

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Policies executed in the 1960s as part of the “War on Poverty” established the foundation for a significant shift in welfare policy in two ways: first, by launching a vigorous private-public partnership and, second, by explaining economic inequality as the result of individual attributes and psychology (Bertram, 2007; Morris, 2004; O’Connor, 2009; Weir, 1992). Johnson’s “poverty project” formally became the War on Poverty on January 8 when it was declared in his first State of the Union address. The roots of that “War on Poverty” are lengthy and goes back the Kennedy administration’s committee stance on Juvenile Delinquency and trial programs related to social science initiatives directed by something known as “Opportunity Theory.” "Social …show more content…

As a result, there was a public uproar to the policy makers to reform the policies in place. Policy makers in return passed omnibus reform legislation with unanimous bipartisan support. After continued fall out to the revelation of abuse and violence the youth were experiencing, all the Texas juvenile justice agencies were forces to undertake a review by the Sunset Advisory Commission. The Sunset Advisory Commission is an agency of the Texas Legislature that makes recommendations to the Legislature on whether to continue various state agencies. In 2009, the Texas Legislature Enacted H. B. 3689 (Texas Legislature Online, 2009) requiring that the Texas Youth Commission (TYC; now the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, TJJD) initiate a plan to improve behavior in all its secure care facilities. Specifically, this legislation required that: "[the TYC] shall: (1) adopt system-wide classroom and individual positive behavior supports that incorporate a continuum of prevention and intervention strategies." Although the initiative was implemented in 10 secure care facilities, the current study focuses on a single facility. The Texas Juvenile Justice system functions very similar with the adult criminal system. It affords resources to deal with illegal activity by minors. At the same time the Juvenile Justice system recognize that they are minors. The current law states, “Under current law, the juvenile justice system’s jurisdiction

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The Texas legislature created the Sunset Advisory Commission by enacting the Texas Sunset Act, Chapter 325 of the Texas Government Code in August, 1977. By initiating this act, Texas became the second state to establish sunset provisions into their state laws. The Texas government gives it the name “sunset” because this refers to an agency, law, or program that will expire on a certain date unless it is approved by the legislature. The Sunset Advisory Commission was founded in order to prevent government scandals that were occurring at the state and federal levels. State's sunset provisions typically all believe that government agencies and programs should be reviewed.

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There are indication that most criminals have a juvenile records in the US, indicating that crime manifests from a tender age. Therefore, to reverse the incidence of crime, it follows that the best strategy is to reduce the criminal orientation in the juvenile offenders as opposed to hardening them and preparing them for criminal careers. The case of the Crossroads Juvenile Center demonstrates the willingness of the juvenile justice systems to make these changes on the children. References Day, S. (2014). Runaway Man: A Journey Back to Hope.

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Secondly, SB 200 addresses timely quality treatment and supervision to hold youth accountable. The bill provides for earlier access to treatment and supervision and increases funding for high quality services in local communities. Thirdly, evaluating the effectiveness of the bill this is done by establishing oversight and performance measurement for the policies. SB 200 covers both major and minor revisions to Juvenile Justice in Kentucky. Prior to SB 200 children with minor offenses are often placed away from their home although they are no risk to public safety.

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The juvenile system is a ¨far cry¨ from justice (Estudillo). There have been many cases where minors are getting away with crimes that if they were tried as adults then they would pay the consequences for their crime. No amount of rehabilitation will help the minors, they will continue to do crimes as soon as they get out of the juvenile system. People should be worried about this issue because people of this world cannot let crimes go without the proper punishment. The victim's family will feel that they were treated the way that they should have been.

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In the 1980s, there was a phenomenon in American war on poverty, “feminization of poverty.” It meant that typical Americans living in poverty were a single mother and her young children. Through a case of “welfare queen” who used dozens of aliases to collect a small fortune, the president lost his belief to the poor and undermined efforts to help the poor. The serious action of Reagan was the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981. “Food Stamps, school lunch programs, public housing subsidies, and job training took major hit.”

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The Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention and Protection Act was established in 1974 and has since been reauthorized

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Once the “War on Poverty” was launched, society started to break into havoc because of the sudden interest towards the impoverished. However the impoverished began to protest. The Poor People's Campaign (PPC) was created on December 4, 1967, by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), addressing the issues of unemployment, housing shortages for the poor, and the impact of poverty on the lives of millions of Americans (“Poor People’s Campaign”). President Johnson finally heard their concerns and created more legislations that would benefit everyone. Although most of the Americans who were apart of the higher class still envisioned the impoverished as invisible, some of the them (mainly women) had their perspective changed (Harrington

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The prison population increased by 91% between the years 1993 to 2014. More offenders were being sentenced over these years and for a longer period of time. No progress was made. The 1989 Children’s Act held that a child’s welfare should be paramount (Muncie

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However, varied structures of SRO programs and inconsistency in local record-keeping practices prevent reviews of the impact of every SRO program nationwide. However, national juvenile-crime and school-based crime statistics, as well as state statistics and studies of county and local SRO programs, show how dramatically SROs can reduce crime not only on school campus, but also in the community. Since SRO programs came to prominence in the early 2000s, the juvenile arrests declined 17% across-the-board between 2000–2009. The violent-crime fell 13%, and the property-crime fell 19% during this period. Other assaults, vandalism, weapons, drug, DUI, curfew, and loitering offenses all fell as well (pg.24 national

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The passing of these new laws changed the lives of thousands of children from then on out. Children tried as adults often face lengthy prison sentences sometimes as long as life without parole. Such sentences send the message to children that if they mess up that there is absolutely no hope for rehabilitation. The laws were originally placed in order to “scare kids straight” so to speak; it was to keep them from using violence because the fear that they could spend their life in prison. Yet, minors who commit accidental crimes or are an

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The cost of creating and maintain juvenile detention centers is insane. During the 1990s “the juvenile justice system saw a 43% increase in spending, mainly as a response to the expenditures that accompanied the increased confinement of juvenile offenders” (Gaudio, 2010). It has been proven that juvenile’s brains are not as developed as adults and the threat of detention does not affect them as much as it would in an adult so it would not be as affective at deterring crime. Being incarcerated also may make a juvenile more likely to reoffend once they are released.

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In the 1960’s citizens of the United States were considered to be living in poverty. It was a difficult and controversial time for American citizens due to the lack of food, jobs, and education. Apart from these factors there was both economic and racial inequality occurring at the same time. Throughout the presidency of John F. Kennedy and later Lyndon B. Johnson there was a plan to end poverty not through the aid of welfare, but through opportunities. Opportunities to succeed, advance, and reach prosperity, but even though this was the aim some of the problems discussed in the 1960’s are still being questioned today.

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11). The primary purpose of these systems is to divert youthful offenders from the destructive punishments of criminal courts and encourage rehabilitation based on the individual juvenile’s needs (“Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice,” n.d.). These systems have evolved over time in an attempt to find the correct approach to juvenile justice. The United States juvenile justice system is utilized when an individual under the age of 18 violates the law.

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Prior to 1899 in the United States, children who committed a criminal offense were tried and punished as adults. Children were being institutionalized with adult criminals where they were picking up negative influences preparing them for a life of crime. Progressive and social change demanded that children be protected and educated instead and therefore a separate court system for juveniles was subsequently established to address this problem. It has since being argued that juvenile courts have abandoned their role to rehabilitate juvenile delinquents and should be abolished.

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Can you imagine waking up behind closed walls and bars? Waking up to see your inmate who is a 45-year-old bank robber and you are a 14-year-old minor who made a big mistake. This is why minors who have committed crimes should not be treated the same as adults. Some reasons are because the consequences given to minors in adult court would impact a minor’s life in a negative way. If a minor is tried through a juvenile court, they have a greater chance of rehabilitation.

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