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Lecture 24:
Institutionalization and
Juvenile Justice Trends
and Problems
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• “detention” versus “commitment”
– Detention: held as case is processed (rules)
– Commitment: court-ordered placement in
institution
• 108,000 juveniles in institutions (2001)
–MN: 1,946 total, half private; 18% for violent
offenses
• State Training Schools: Red Wing, Thistledew
• Hennepin Co. Home School (Minnetonka)
– Race: 40% African American; 37% White; 18%
Latino; 2% American Indian (high in MN); 2% Asian
– Gender: 87% male
Institutionalization
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How effective are institutions
in reducing delinquency?
• “Suppression effect” =
(#before - #after) / #before
– “everything works” over time
• PROVO: Institution suppressed
61%; community 69%
• SILVERLAKE: Institution 72%;
community 73%
–Why?
