he Brown Schools aim at re-socializing. Re-directing and psychologically re-habilitating young people in a positive peer culture, correctional techniques and current advancement in psychopharmacological support. The Brown Schools have an excellent success rate in rehabilitating criminal teen-agers (Brown 29). Unfortunately not all families can afford to send their troubled teens to the somewhat expensive schools.Another alternative is, The Devereux-Texas Treatment Network, established in 1912. Devereux is the nation’s largest independent non-profit provider of treatment Marr 6services for children and adolescents who have delinquent behavior patterns. The programs are designed for males and females ages 13-22 years old. Devereux focuses on children’s education and offers specialized programming for adolescents and young adults that are both difficult to treat and hard to place (Brown 30).Studies of programs such as those previously listed are successful in rehabilitation of nonviolent juveniles. A 1996 Conneticut Judicial Branch study found that offenders under the age of 21 sentenced to Alternatives to Incarceration Programs have a lower rate of re-arrest than offenders convicted of similar crimes but sentenced to Department of Correction Incarceration (Myth 31). One such alternative program is the Eckerd Family Youth Alternatives, INC., (EFYA). EFYA has provided programs for emotionally troubled, at risk and delinquent youth for over 28 years. The Division of Juvenile Justice Services is made of an array of programs that is growing, strengthening, and responding to the varied needs of youth in our dynamic society. The EFYA offers rehabilitation programs that are re-entry driven and focused on the youth, family and parental involvement the need for formal education, personal and vocational growth and replacement of old habits with positive more responsible ones. These programs are created through partnerships wit...
