FACHBEREICH JUGEND Dealing with Juvenile Delinquents and Adolescents between 14 and 21 years old Current Projects and Processes, which could be used in the city of Göttingen FACHBEREICH JUGEND

Diversion Offerer: Juvenile Probation Officers (JGH) of the city of Göttingen Target Group: First or repeat offenders, who have committed minor to medial criminal offences Offer: Through educational discussions with the JGH and the fulfillment of required measures the participants can achieve the abatement of their actions Advantages: Timely reactions in response to delinquent behavior; Undesirable development can be recognized earlier and countered; the people concerned can through active cooperation avoid arraignment Proposal: Public Prosecutors in consultation with the Juvenile Probation Officers

FACHBEREICH JUGEND Perpetrator-Victim-Balance Offerer: Göttinger Verein für Mediation e.V. Target Group: First or repeat offenders, who have committed harassment, libel or bodily harm to someone Offer: Mediation between victim and perpetrator after clarification discussions and supervision of an agreement between the two parties Advantages: Discussion about the feelings of the victim between all parties concerned, and co-organizing opportunities for the conflict clarification of the perpetrator Proposal: Public prosecutors and Juvenile Probation Officers

FACHBEREICH JUGEND Social Training Course Offerer: Jugendhilfe Süd-Niedersachsen e.V. Target Group: Repeat Offenders, whose medial offences stand out Offer: Social educational groups, through which individual case support will be supplemented and arrest avoidance offered Advantages: Through participation in a six-month group course and usage of individual case support, one can work toward a change of behavior. Proposal: Juvenile Court in consultation with the juvenile probation officers

FACHBEREICH JUGEND Angression Control Training Offerer: Jugendhilfe Süd-Niedersachsen e.V. Target Group: Repeat offenders, whose crimes are of a more violent nature Offer: An intensive social education group for 2 months, which is taken in conjunction with a social training course. Advantages: The person concerned participates in roll playing games and exercises confronting their own aggressions. With these exercises they learn how to avoid and walk away from conflicts. Proposal: Juvenile Court in consultation with the juvenile probation officers

FACHBEREICH JUGEND Selfcontrol Training Offerer: The Drug Consulting Center of the Deacon Alliance of Göttingen Target Group: Repeat offenders, whose crimes were in connection with alcohol or drugs Offer: 10 week training program as a group Advantages: The people concerned deal intensively with their addictions and learn new, alternative behaviors Proposal: Juvenile court and public prosecutors in consultation with the juvenile probation officers