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| Survey of Police Chiefs Yields Distressing Responses Regarding Juvenile Justice |
| By jjie.org - James Swift |
| Published: 10/25/2013 |
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A new report released by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) takes a look at law enforcement perspectives on young offenders and juvenile justice system collaboration. Nearly 1,000 agency executives were interviewed for the survey, which was supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. According to researchers, nearly four out of five respondents said they believe law enforcement leaders should play pivotal roles in the juvenile justice system. “We had 79 percent strongly agree or agree that they should play a significant role,” said Aviva Kurash, IACP senior programming manager. “But what the survey then showed was that there was a gap between the role they think they should be playing, which was large, and then when they self reported on the role they actually play.” Just one out of five respondents viewed themselves or other department leaders as having significant roles in their own community’s juvenile justice system, the report reads. While close to nine out of 10 respondents said that juvenile offenders belong in separate justice systems from adults, respondents believing that the juvenile justice system improves public safety were in the minority. Barely a quarter of survey takers said the juvenile justice system did precisely that, with even fewer respondents stating that their own local systems provided the same public benefits. Similarly, only one third of respondents said the juvenile justice system, as a whole, promoted rehabilitation of young offenders. Although national data sets indicate that juvenile crime is decreasing in many jurisdictions, many of the survey takers disagreed, with almost half of respondents stating that juvenile crime was on the upswing in their own communities. Roughly the same percentage of respondents said their agencies collected and analyzed juvenile crime data, although among those that do, almost three-quarters reported sharing their data with other city officials. Read More. |
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