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Direct linkShapiro, Cheri J.; Smith, Bradley H.; Malone, Patrick S.; Collaro, Alyssa L. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2010
Little empirical data exist addressing potential iatrogenic effects of placing youth in juvenile justice settings. We took advantage of a natural experiment in one state where juvenile offenders are evaluated in either residential settings characterized by high-density contact with delinquent youth or community settings with naturally varying…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Residential Programs
Burton, David L.; Duty, Kerry Jo; Leibowitz, George S. – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2011
This study compares sexually victimized and nonsexually victimized male adolescent sexual abusers on a number of variables. Self-report measures were administered to 325 male sexually abusive youth (average age 16) in six residential facilities in the Midwest, 55% of whom reported sexual victimization. The results indicate that the sexually…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Pornography, Victims of Crime, Sexual Abuse
Gillis, H. L.; Gass, Michael A.; Russell, Keith C. – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2008
Recent studies analyzing juvenile delinquents participating in wilderness therapy programs have reported little statistical effectiveness. Interpretation of these findings may be unjustified due to definitional confusion more than a clear examination of program effectiveness. Using a research methodology similar to Jones, Lowe, and Risler (2004),…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Therapy, Behavior Modification, Adolescents
Download full textZajac, Jennifer J.; DeGel, Jessica; Fish, Larry – University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development, 2007
The focus of this evaluation study is the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Residential Treatment Curriculum [PTSD RTC]) to treat PTSD in female juvenile offenders. The overall purpose of the evaluation was to assess the implementation of the PTSD RTC at treatment facilities with female juvenile offenders and to evaluate the effect of the intervention…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Quasiexperimental Design, Residential Programs
Jewell, Jeremy; Handwerk, Michael; Almquist, Julie; Lucas, Christopher – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2004
Clinician diagnoses of conduct disorder (CD) were compared to the diagnoses of CD generated by a structured interview against an observed criterion. Participants were 534 youth from a large residential program in the Midwest for delinquent youth. Rates of in-program CD behaviors were gathered from staff observations of the youth over a 9-month…
Descriptors: Residential Programs, Test Validity, Clinical Diagnosis, Comparative Analysis
Sribney, Christine L.; Reddon, John R. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2008
Following 11-98 weeks of inpatient residential treatment, 69 male adolescent sex offenders completed the 60-item, 12-factor Yalom Card Sort. The rank orders were compared to adult sex offenders and a psychiatric adult outpatient group. Relative to adult psychiatric outpatients, the adolescent sex offenders had rated Instillation of Hope three…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Group Unity, Adolescents, Delinquency
Fulcher, Leon C.; Ainsworth, Frank – Child & Youth Services, 2005
Using a comparative analysis group care for children and young people is examined as an occupational focus, as a field of study and as a domain of practice in programs that range from residential institutions to group homes and kin group foster care. Structural issues that shape the interplay between organizational dynamics and interpersonal…
Descriptors: Residential Institutions, Group Homes, Comparative Analysis, Foster Care
Dale, Nan; Baker, Amy J. L.; Anastasio, Emily; Purcell, Jim – Child Welfare, 2007
This study addresses three questions about the population of children and families served in the highest level of care in the child welfare system in New York State residential treatment centers (RTCs): (1) How prevalent are emotional and behavioral problems in the youth entering RTCs? (2) Has the proportion of youth with such problems increased…
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice, Child Welfare, Individual Characteristics, Institutionalized Persons
ZIVAN, MORTON; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE PROJECT AIMED TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM INTEGRATED WITH OTHER TREATMENT SERVICES AND IDENTIFY THE MAJOR FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH COMMUNITY AND VOCATIONAL ADJUSTMENT AND MALADJUSTMENT. THE STUDY POPULATION INCLUDED (1) AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 68 BOYS WHO RECEIVED THE FULL RANGE OF THE PROJECT IN-CARE AND…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Delinquency
