Introduction
Juvenile crime is a recurrent problem in South Dakota and across all other states in the country. The rate of juvenile crime has been gradually but steadily increasing in the United States. The most frequently applied solution to juvenile offenses is imprisonment that entails incarcerating juvenile offenders in juvenile detention centers for a particular period corresponding to their crime. However, juvenile detention has come under scrutiny and criticism for its inefficiency in rehabilitating young delinquents and the ill-treatment that happens in detention facilities. Examination of alternative methods of handling juvenile reprobates has yielded higher efficiency in reducing criminal tendencies Continue reading...
