Comments on: Researchers tackle ‘smart decarceration’ https://www.socialworkblog.org/sw-advocates/2017/05/researchers-tackle-smart-decarceration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=researchers-tackle-smart-decarceration Social work updates from NASW Tue, 22 Aug 2023 21:05:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.5 By: William Franklin-Cromwell https://www.socialworkblog.org/sw-advocates/2017/05/researchers-tackle-smart-decarceration/#comment-2081398 Wed, 17 May 2017 17:15:25 +0000 http://www.socialworkblog.org/?p=8498#comment-2081398 In reply to William Franklin-Cromwell.

I will add that I understand budgeting for prevention is slim in most areas. I also believe this effort, both the article and my response, needs great attention at all three levels of social work practice in order to affect change.

]]> By: William Franklin-Cromwell https://www.socialworkblog.org/sw-advocates/2017/05/researchers-tackle-smart-decarceration/#comment-2081396 Wed, 17 May 2017 17:06:05 +0000 http://www.socialworkblog.org/?p=8498#comment-2081396 I think this is a good start, with great ideas. However, one thing the article does not mention, at least not that I read, is to address disrupting the justice system’s revolving door at the base as much as possible. As I am a social work student, the area I am most interested in, and has been a passion of mine for sometime now, is looking at what can be done to curtail the rate of juvenile delinquency. It has been shown a large portion recidivism begins, when the people who are incarcerated over and over, at ages as early as ten years old, and some even younger, however not many states incarcerate juveniles before the age of ten. I think what may be helpful to decreasing the rate of those in the justice system (after considerations of those in custody due to laws that target minorities and is another issue to be tackled) is researching and developing or improving preventive programs such as multi-systemic therapy programs (MSTP’s), and other community based organizations that would allow juveniles to tap into their talents and drives which lead to delinquency but fosters those things so they can develop using those skill constructively rather than destructively. If we can do this in conjunction with the interventions suggested in the article, I believe there is potential for unprecedented declines in the justice system and improvements in our community programs.

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