Cohn and Mialon provide an excellent summary of the available empirical work addressing this specific issue.
[FN16] We have divided the existent literature into two categories. First, a segment of the available literature suggests
that increases in juvenile sanctions can successfully decrease juvenile crime. In 1998, Levitt argued that increases
in the percentage of juveniles behind bars correlated significantly with a decrease in juvenile crime rates,
leading Levitt to conclude that “juvenile offenders appear to be at least as responsive to criminal sanctions as adults.”
[FN17] Other quantitative studies similarly claimed that a juvenile's experience of being arrested or temporarily incarcerated
actually decreased the probability the juvenile would reoffend.