Juvenile issues

Please prevent juvenile delinquency in advance!

Australia's youth crime rate continues to rise and experts say 'jail time' may not be enough to deter crime. Official crime figures show a surge in juvenile crime in Australia in 2020, with a worrying increase in the number of cases classified as 'serious offences'. Experts believe that the mental health problems associated with the closure of new cities are the main cause of the surge in crime.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistic, the number of young people sentenced for homicide and related offences increased from 32 in 2019 to 50 in 2020 including three 13-year-old boys.

Causes of youth crime

1.Family reasons

Family reasons are the dominant factor and the way a family is brought up has a major impact on the development of a young person. If a family's education style is pathological, then young people in that family are likely to take the path of no return to crime.

2.Social environment reasons

Data from the ABS report shows that between 2019 and 2020, 1,120 young Australians aged between 10 and 17 will be charged with weapons or explosives offences, while 3,831 will be prosecuted for illegal drugs. There were 17,710 young offenders aged 10 to 17 years in NSW in the reporting period, representing 15 per cent of all offences.

1.Solitary confinement of a child

There will now be juvenile facilities in Australia where children as young as 10 are held in solitary confinement, and even some adult prisons have juveniles. It does not provide good educational conditions and environment for juveniles.

2.Young people have a problem with abuse

However, the incidence of juvenile delinquency is increasing year on year.

Rate of young people aged 10–17 under supervision on an average day, by supervision type, states and territories, 2020–21

Location

Subjected to verbal abuse and racist remarks, and bound in potentially dangerous ways. Not only does it not help young people educationally, but it also does not improve them psychologically.

The dangers of an unhealthy social culture are profound for young people who are less resistant to temptation. Things like the criminal process shown in some films and movies and the corrupting views of characters' language may induce young people to commit crimes.

It may create a psychological void in the child and form a psychological disorder.

3.Schooling reasons

Pre-figuration concept

After a preliminary survey, it was found that the design of the JUVENILE FACILITY wanted to have some good healing for the psychological problems of the young people and the shape of the building wanted to be more curved.

Inappropriate school education methods are an important factor leading some young people to drift into society and to crime. The main problems with school education nowadays are: the guiding ideology of one-sided pursuit of higher education rates. The lack of legal education or the lack of formality.

Juvenile delinquency has become a widespread social problem in Australia, with crime on the rise and jail time feared to be an incomplete deterrent to crime. The Australian government says that the YOUTH CRIME community is the most violent group in Australia.

Around 142km

Site

The location of the building has been chosen away from the city and closer to nature

Trying to enable young people in juvenile supervision to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city and sink their teeth into making a change for the better.

The curves provide a more relaxed feel

Curved spaces allow for a more relaxed and secure mood.

Curved spaces can be intimate and allow for relaxed concentration on a task.

Again, it makes for a more pleasant mood. Straight spaces may make people more alert.

The curves bring a sense of softness, which makes them more approachable and helps young people to open their hearts.

Rounding off right angles

Then turn a straight line into a curve

Connecting rounded corners to curves in a more rounded way

The curves are then varied in direction and curvature to make them more aesthetically pleasing

Enlargement and some upgrading of the connection between the ground and first floors

Some adjustments to the curves of the plan are made to give the whole building more variety in curved spaces.

Healing

The roof of the building, which changes downwards, is combined with an upwards lift to give the building an overall fluidity.

The whole building is shaped

The ground floor is mainly a space for classes and activities where parents of young people can visit their children on a regular basis and interact with them. The rooms are not only for classes, but also for psychological help.

The first floor is a relatively quiet space, using the circular space as a dormitory for juveniles and as a resting place for prison officers.

This is the view from the café where teenagers can talk to each other and the friends they make here, as well as make some enquiries with the police officers.

This is a view from the library steps where youngsters can study as well as read their favourite books. Again this is to give them a quiet space to relax.

The building is designed with the hope that every young person, even when in a juvenile facility, will be able to heal spiritually. At the same time, there are courses for them so that they can have better skills to stand in society when they get out. They can take classes, explore their interests and even live with the guards in the institution. I hope that they will all have a better future.