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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"adolescent offenders"”.
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Predictors of recidivism in adolescent offenders
<p>Adolescent offenders commit a significant number of physical and sexual assaults every year. A critical task for researchers and clinicians is to understand the distinct pathways that lead to these serious types of offending. The current study attempts to test the importance of these different …
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Psychopathy, institutional behaviour and motivation to change in adolescent offenders
… the nature and extent of psychopathy in adolescent offenders with a history of physical aggression, and the implications of psychopathy for institutional behaviour and motivation to change. The sample included female participants. There were three parts to the study. Part 1 examined the …
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Decisional Balance Scale: Restructuring a Measurement of Change for Adolescent Offenders
… validated the Stages of Change Scale (SOCS) on adolescent offenders. The current study expands their research by developing an additional component of the TTM, the Decisional Balance Scale for Adolescent Offenders (DBS-AO). This measure assesses movement through the stages of change and provides …
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The role of hopelessness and procedural justice on depressogenic outcomes in serious adolescent offenders
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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Court -ordered cognitive -behavioural group treatment with adolescent offenders: Outcomes of an anger management program
… offers two group interventions to aid juvenile offenders and their families. The Skills Training in Anger Reduction (STAR) program is a cognitive behavioural anger management group intervention program for juveniles, while Court Help On Increasing Control and Effectiveness (CHOICE) is a group …
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The lived experience of twenty-one adolescent offenders who resided in the Denton County Courage to Change Program from September 2016 through July 2017
… explored the lived experiences of 21 adjudicated adolescent offenders who resided in the Denton County Courage to Change Program. It was a qualitative study which used secondary data. The intent of the study was to add to the body of research on the topic of institutional placements within the …
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Prevalence of depression and anxiety and associated risk factors among adolescent offenders within the juvenile justice system in Bulawayo and Matabeleland North Province(s), Zimbabwe
Background The mental health of adolescents is becoming an increasing public health concern. Mental health conditions such as depression and have their onset during childhood. Research has shown that adolescents entering the juvenile justice system are particularly vulnerable to depression and …
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Trauma Responses, Abuse History, and Exposure to Violence as Risk Factors in Adolescent Sex and Non-Sex Offenders
Several risk factors have been identified for adolescent sex offenders and non-sex offenders. Such risk factors include physical and/or sexual abuse, and exposure to community and/or domestic violence. Additionally, the presence of disinhibitive factors, such as substance use and exposure to …
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Measurement of Adolescent Psychopathy: Construct and Predictive Validity in Two Samples of Juvenile Offenders
… measures, designed to measure this construct in adolescent populations, must meet acceptable standards of reliability and validity prior to the clinical application of the construct with adolescent offenders. The purpose of this study is to examine the construct and predictive validity of …
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The Role of Emotion in the Aggressive Behavior of Juvenile Offenders
… aggression in a sample of detained juvenile offenders. Clusters were formed based on type and level of overt aggression exhibited: reactive, proactive/reactive, and low aggression. The proactive/reactive distinction failed to provide differential relationships with dependent variables when …
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Self-Report Anxiety and Depression Ratings Among Adolescents with an Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Comparison of Individuals with and without a History of Sexual Offending
… in anxiety and/or depression symptoms between adolescents with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who have been adjudicated for a sexual offense compared to adolescents with an ASD who are not adjudicated. The scores of 26 adolescent offenders diagnosed with an ASD were compared to the scores of …
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An exploration of attachment strategies among young people who engage in harmful sexual behaviour
Background: It is estimated that adolescent offenders account for 65% of contact child sexual abuse. A range of explanatory theories and models of intervention have been proposed. These are mainly based on cognitive theories with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and psycho-education remaining as …
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Transitions out of crime: intentions, changes and obstacles on the road towards desistance
… to conformity among a sample of Chilean juvenile offenders, and to identify theoretical, policy and practice implications from the findings. For these purposes, the research is focused towards examining three main areas: (1) the process of moving away from crime, its obstacles and challenges; (2) …