The authors examined the efficacy of online anger management psychoeducation for justice-involved youth. Results indicated a statistically significant decrease in the adolescent anger rating scale for juveniles who completed the mandated program, prompting consideration of online modalities in postpandemic services.
K E Y W O R D S anger, juvenile, mandated, telehealth, virtual
Juvenile justice servicesPrior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the juvenile justice efforts in the United States had been shifting away from punitive responses to youth offenders and moving toward rehabilitative measures that viewed youth as both resilient and responsive to treatment (Buchanan et al., 2020). According to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) (2020b), the national number of juvenile arrests reached a new low in 2019. The data from OJJDP (2020b) indicates that the number of
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