Author: George KelnerPublisher:
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Category : Juvenile corrections
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
Staff and Resident Perceptions of New Youth Corrections Facility Environments and Programs
Author: George KelnerPublisher:
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Category : Juvenile corrections
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
Private Vs. Public Operation of Juvenile Correctional Facilities
Author: Gaylene Styve ArmstrongPublisher: LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC
ISBN: 9781931202008
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Armstrong studies the environmental quality of confinement in private and public juvenile correctional facilities using data from 48 facilities, representing 4,590 delinquents, 1,362 staff, and 48 administrators in 19 states (16 private and 32 public facilities). Her results demonstrate that neither staff nor juvenile delinquents perceived the environmental quality to be significantly different between private and public facilities. Further, compared to public facilities, private facilities were smaller, newer and had a more intensive admission process for juvenile delinquents. Public and Private correctional staff differed significantly on age and prior work experience. Differences in the juvenile populations were minimal.
Dissertation Abstracts International
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Juvenile Corrections' Personnel Perceptions of Recidivism and Preparedness for Addressing Student Needs
Author: Heather M. DanielsPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of juvenile detention personnel related to juvenile recidivism as well as the effectiveness of initiatives to address students' academic needs. In addition, the study examined juvenile detention personnel's perceptions regarding readiness for their roles within a juvenile correctional facility. Participants included both corrections staff and corrections teachers employed by one juvenile correctional facility in southeastern Pennsylvania. Twenty participants, 17 corrections staff and three teachers, participated in a researcher-designed online survey consisting of demographic questions, Likert-scale statements (32 teacher and 30 staff), and three open-ended questions for each group. Separate surveys were administered to corrections staff and teachers. Seven participants, five staff members and two teachers, answered researcher-designed interview questions. Both corrections staff and teachers agreed that recidivism rates among juveniles were high, although perceptions of actual percentages varied among individual participants. Both groups also agreed that one of the main reasons for recidivism was students returning to the same environments they were in before incarceration, often without the needed supports. Corrections teachers and staff also indicated that shared trainings would be beneficial, although these are often not offered. Discrepancies between corrections teachers' and staff's perceptions regarding access to a variety of materials to address student needs within the facility were shown. Additionally, discrepancies existed between corrections teachers and staff trainings prior to beginning their respective roles within the juvenile correctional facilities, with staff receiving more trainings specific to juvenile corrections.
Comprehensive Dissertation Index
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 970
Book Description
American Doctoral Dissertations
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Category : Dissertation abstracts
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
Evaluating Correctional and Community Settings
Author: Rudolf H. MoosPublisher: Wiley-Interscience
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Treating Youth Offenders in the Community
Author: Albert J. ReissPublisher:
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Category : Community-based corrections
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Recalibrating Juvenile Detention
Author: David W. RoushPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 042967600X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 557
Book Description
Recalibrating Juvenile Detention chronicles the lessons learned from the 2007 to 2015 landmark US District Court-ordered reform of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC) in Illinois, following years of litigation by the ACLU about egregious and unconstitutional conditions of confinement. In addition to explaining the implications of the Court’s actions, the book includes an analysis of a major evaluation research report by the University of Chicago Crime Lab and explains for scholars, practitioners, administrators, policymakers, and advocates how and why this particular reform of conditions achieved successful outcomes when others failed. Maintaining that the Chicago Crime Lab findings are the "gold standard" evidence-based research (EBR) in pretrial detention, Roush holds that the observed "firsts" for juvenile detention may perhaps have the power to transform all custody practices. He shows that the findings validate a new model of institutional reform based on cognitive-behavioral programming (CBT), reveal statistically significant reductions in in-custody violence and recidivism, and demonstrate that at least one variation of short-term secure custody can influence positively certain life outcomes for Chicago’s highest-risk and most disadvantaged youth. With the Quarterly Journal of Economics imprimatur and endorsement by the President’s Council of Economic Advisors, the book is a reverse engineering of these once-in-a-lifetime events (recidivism reduction and EBR in pretrial detention) that explains the important and transformative implications for the future of juvenile justice practice. The book is essential reading for graduate students in juvenile justice, criminology, and corrections, as well as practitioners, judges, and policymakers.
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