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Are community-based correctional/treatment programs more effective than incarceration? Explain your reasoning and provide supporting evidence for your argument. Finally, provide an example of an evidence-based practice in community-based programming or in a correctional institution that supports your side of the argument.
Should we revisit how juveniles are prosecuted? Explain your reasoning and address both prosecution in juvenile court and in adult court under the waiver system. Include the economic implications of juvenile prosecution and consider the individual, group, and community implications of juvenile prosecution in your response.
Write a 1–2 page essay briefly discussing the history and evolution of the juvenile justice system.
Include the following in your essay:
A minimum of three milestones in the evolution of the juvenile justice system.
A minimum of three significant examples of the historical evolution of the juvenile justice system.
Your opinion regarding the effectiveness of the current juvenile justice system. Provide rationale to support your position.