Many have learned that there are many types of programs that address the reduction of recidivism in juvenile offenders, and they all have one ultimate goal: recidivism prevention. While many people and juvenile detention areas have the ultimate goal of preventing juvenile recidivism, all too often programs do not achieve that goal. Although juvenile delinquency is a problem in the United States and throughout the globe, the many programs that strive to reduce it fall short of that goal. Here, the causes of recidivism are explored.

It is important to understand why and how these programs are ineffective because there are many young lives whose future depends on programs like these. It’s not just their lives that are affected: their parents, families, families of their victims, and the community they come from all affected by the outcomes of the programs that aim to reduce juvenile recidivism. If these programs continue to not have success, then they are doing nothing good for society and are in turn doing harm to the people they are aiming to help.

Juvenile offenders are not to be forgotten. They are not the bane of society, and they should not be viewed as less-than-human. Many of the studies studied suggest that the importance of fixing juvenile recidivism is not being approached in a manner that it should. It is important to discuss the ways in which juvenile recidivism can be reduced effectively, and then further discussions about how to help juvenile offenders get on the right track can begin.