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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Detained Youth"”.
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Voices from Lock-Up: Reflections of Detained Youth
… about their thoughts on the experiences of being detained and educated in a maximum security facility. While the participants in this study have differing legal and social history before and after their incarceration, they all received self-contained special education services while at the …
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Investigating Sex Differences in the Association Between Alexithymia and Adjustment Outcomes Among Detained Youth
… manifest in vulnerable justice-involved youth, who are at increased risk for alexithymia and psychological maladjustment. As such, the current study investigated: (a) the associations between alexithymia and adjustment outcomes among detained youth, and (b) whether the connections between …
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The reintegration of detained youth in conflict with the law into their families and communities
Includes bibliographical references.
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Mental Health Treatment in Juvenile Correctional Facilities: Utilizing Assessment To Inform Treatment
<p>Youth in juvenile correctional facilities face a wide range of mental health difficulties. Over the years, the juvenile justice system has prioritized the need for providing appropriate and effective treatment services to youth throughout their detainment. Despite these ongoing efforts, …
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Rehabilitative practices in juvenile detention: invoking multiple perspectives to explore implementation
… of rehabilitation with juvenile justice-involved youth is often focused on particular interventions or treatment modalities. However, the focus on implementing programs is only one component of rehabilitation practice. This study contributes to a growing body of literature documenting …
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A study of the association of non-structured school days with daily detainee population counts
… time of incarceration. Data from a sample of 29 detained youth from Utah's Iron and Washington Counties indicate that there are general (e.g., substance use and peer relationships) and specific factors (e.g., parents marital status) which have an association with time of incarceration. …
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Countering Youth Incarceration: Community Strategies in New Orleans and Cape Town
… remedial strategies addressing high youth incarceration and recidivism rates in the cities of Cape Town and New Orleans. Working within a theoretical framework of structural violence, I argue that the dominant discourse of Criminal Justice is based in punitive and retributive …
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Impact of Incarcerated Youth's Social Relationships on Institutional Misconduct and Self-Efficacy to Desist from Crime Post-Detention
… 1985; Catalano & Hawkins, 1996) predicting youth's institutional misconduct and self-efficacy to succeed post-detention from self-reports about the quality and nature of their relationships with staff and other detained youth. In addition, features of youth programming known to promote …
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The Uncorrected Self: Identity Negotiation in Juvenile Detention
… engaging with, understanding and helping detained youth. This was particularly true for African American detainees, who were over represented in the center, in comparison to the local population. Detainee interviews and field observations revealed a highly restrictive, jail-like atmosphere …
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Emotion Recognition, Emotion Regulation, and Callous: Unemotional Traits in Incarcerated Male Youth
Youth with Callous-Unemotional (CU) traits represent an important subgroup of antisocial youth whose behavioral, affective, and cognitive functioning appear sharply different from other youth with conduct problems. However, few, if any studies have examined the interaction of cognitive control and …
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Differences in Offending Patterns between Adolescent Sex Offenders High or Low in Callous and Unemotional Traits
… and offending history. A sample of 150 detained adolescents with a current sexual offense conviction were assessed through self-report, clinical interview, and file review. Results indicated that after controlling for a history of antisocial behaviors, the high CU group was more likely …