Diamonds in the Rough: Bridging Gaps in Supports for At-Risk Immigrant and Refugee Youth

Rossiter, Marian J.; Rossiter, Katherine

doi:10.1007/s12134-009-0110-3

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“…Njue and Retish (2010) same trend in their study of African immigrant students at an American high school. Some Canadian researchers further pointed out that refugee youth with limited literacy skills in their first language and/or English are very disadvantaged and challenged, causing high drop-out rates (Derwing, Decorby, Ichikawa, & Jamieson, 1999;Watt & Roessingh, 1994, 2001) and gang involvement (Ngo, Calhoun, Worthington, Pyrch, & Este, 2017;Rossiter & Rossiter, 2009).…”

Section: Academic Adjustment and Contributing Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Academic and Social Adjustment of High School Refugee Youth in Newfoundland

Li¹,

Grineva²

2017

TESL Canada

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Section: Academic Adjustment and Contributing Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Academic and Social Adjustment of High School Refugee Youth in Newfoundland

Li¹,

Grineva²

2017

TESL Canada

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“…Many immigrants, as described by Wortley (2003), do not understand Canada's justice system and end up unintentionally in conflict with the law (Rossiter & Rossiter, 2009). Additional individual factors that Rossiter and Rossiter (2009) have identified include: "poor interpersonal skills, the use of violence to solve problems...a lack of personal and cultural identity, and a sense of powerlessness and hopelessness" (p. 417).…”

Section: Risk Factors For Immigrant Youthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Risk Factors For Immigrant Youthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many parents of immigrant families work multiple jobs in order to support their families, resulting in a lack of supervision of their children (Goodman & Ruggiero, 2008;Rossiter & Rossiter, 2009). There is also a high rate of addiction (e.g., to alcohol, drugs, and gambling) and family or domestic violence among new immigrants (Rossiter & Rossiter, 2009). This unstable and unsupervised living environment often leads to youth involvement in criminal activity for financial gain and, subsequently, lower school attendance and achievement (Rossiter & Rossiter, 2009).…”

Section: Risk Factors For Immigrant Youthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is also a high rate of addiction (e.g., to alcohol, drugs, and gambling) and family or domestic violence among new immigrants (Rossiter & Rossiter, 2009). This unstable and unsupervised living environment often leads to youth involvement in criminal activity for financial gain and, subsequently, lower school attendance and achievement (Rossiter & Rossiter, 2009). Similarly, living in an impoverished community is also viewed as a risk factor for these immigrant youth (Goodman & Ruggiero, 2008).…”

Section: Risk Factors For Immigrant Youthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ethnic Diversity and Youth Offending: An Examination of Risk and Protective Factors

Bertrand¹,

MacRae-Krisa²,

Costello³

et al. 2013

IJCYFS

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This study examined risk and protective factors for criminal reoffending behaviour among a group of Canadian young people who had committed at least one substantive criminal offence in the past and fell into one of four ethnic groups: (a) Canadian born, parents Canadian born; (b) Aboriginal/Métis; (c) first or second generation immigrant, Caucasian; and (d) first or second generation immigrant, other ethnic background. Risk and protective factors were classified into five domains: individual; family; peer; school; and community. Consistent with previous research, the findings did not reveal many instances where statistically significant differences existed in the presence of risk and protective factors across ethnic groups; however, significant differences that were observed were across a wide range of variables. The implications of the findings within the context of previous research in this area are discussed.

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Association of Immigrant and Refugee Status With Risk Factors for Exposure to Violent Assault Among Youths and Young Adults in Canada

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IMPORTANCE Immigrant populations continue to grow across Western countries. Such populations may face vulnerabilities that contribute to the risk of experiencing violent injury. Youths are at disproportionate risk compared with other age groups, and such violence may be preventable with appropriately targeted injury prevention strategies. OBJECTIVE To examine the association of immigrant or refugee status and immigration-related factors with the experience of assault. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTSThis population-based cohort study used linked health and administrative databases in Ontario, Canada, where health services are funded through a universal, single-payer health insurance plan. All youths and young adults aged 10 to 24 years (hereafter referred to as youths)

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Diamonds in the Rough: Bridging Gaps in Supports for At-Risk Immigrant and Refugee Youth

Cited by 70 publications

References 19 publications

Academic and Social Adjustment of High School Refugee Youth in Newfoundland

Academic and Social Adjustment of High School Refugee Youth in Newfoundland

Ethnic Diversity and Youth Offending: An Examination of Risk and Protective Factors

Association of Immigrant and Refugee Status With Risk Factors for Exposure to Violent Assault Among Youths and Young Adults in Canada

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