Enforcement and Courts Dispositional Plan

Scenario: You are a juvenile corrections officer tasked with making recommendations to a judge for a juvenile’s entire course of treatment. You can advise on the sanctions they should receive; the components of their correctional treatment; the programs, training, or institutions that should assist them; any alternatives or special conditions to consider; and terms for their aftercare and transition back into the community.

Write a 525- to 700-word correctional dispositional plan for a juvenile.

Choose 1 of the following juveniles to use as an example case study for this week’s assignment:

• Donovan from “Second Chance Kids”
• Rolon from “Second Chance Kids”
• Shawn from Juvenile Justice
• Jose from Juvenile Justice
• Manny from Juvenile Justice
• Marquese from Juvenile Justice

Note: If you choose an example with a known correctional plan, do not propose the same plan from the original case study. Make your own recommendations for a different process for the juvenile’s treatment.

Complete the following in your recommended plan for the juvenile:

• Summarize the outcome of the adjudication process and the disposition in this case.
• Describe the treatment of the juvenile in this situation.
• Explain how law enforcement and the courts might have interacted differently with this person as a juvenile than if he or she had been an adult.
• Explain the risk factors that need to be considered in the assessment of this juvenile.
• Explain how the combination of factors considered in this case was connected and influenced the original outcome, if at all.
• List any additional information you would like to have before considering other correctional treatments for the juvenile.
• Recommend 2 alternative correctional strategies for this juvenile: 1 that includes a correctional program that exists in your state and 1 other potential option.
• Explain how you could monitor, measure, report, and support the juvenile’s progress through treatment.
• Justify your plan with evidence that supports your recommendations.