DQ 2

The benefits of a comprehensive juvenile justice strategy include: increased prevention of delinquency with fewer young people entering the juvenile justice system, enhanced responsiveness from the juvenile justice system, greater accountability on the part of youth, decreased costs of juvenile corrections, a more responsible juvenile justice system, betterprogram effectiveness, and less crime as fewer serious, violent, and chronic delinquents become adult criminals.

Contributing aspects are strengthening families in their role of providing guidance and discipline and instilling sound values as their children's first and primary teachers. Support core social institutions, including schools, churches, and other community-based organizations, to alleviate risk factors and help...