Assignment:
Youth within the juvenile justice system are a wide range of ages from young children to older teenagers. The physical, psychological, educational and social needs of this wide age range of youth presents unique challenges to every part of the system from law enforcement officers to corrections officers. Choose one point of contact in the system (either law enforcement, courts, or juvenile corrections) and thoroughly explain with authoritative sources:
1) What specific training that point of contact receives that helps them address the needs of such a wide range of ages in youth, including who provides what specific training,
2) What training the point of contact lacks to deal with this wide age range of youth,
3) Identify and explain one (1) theory of delinquency and thoroughly explain why it applies across all age ranges of youth, and
4) Specifically explain in one paragraph how our university’s core value of RESPECT applies to specific contents of the textbook readings for this module and include a citation and page number.
Your answer must be no less than 1200 words and you must use at least three authoritative sources to support your position. All sources must be properly cited using the APA style.