Negative Peer Cultures in Juvenile Institutional Settings: Staff as Couch Coaches or Couch Slouches

Ahonen, Lia; Degner, Jürgen

doi:10.1080/10509674.2012.683238

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“…Juveniles in institutional treatment lack the skills to cope with societal expectations, rules, and moral values. If not prevented by staff, bonds are established with other deviant youth and the placement serves as a perfect “school of crime” (Ahonen & Degner, 2012). A body of research highlights deviant youth who spend time with other delinquents in treatment settings reinforce their deviance, and that this even enhances a negative behavior.…”

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Successful outcomes in juvenile justice: Overcoming community based and correctional challenges

Willingham

2024

Juvenile Family Court J

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The juvenile justice system has long struggled with practices for understanding, preventing, and intervening in delinquency. Debates concerning youth delinquency, diversion efforts, and effective rehabilitation have consistently been examined. However, the answers to most of these fundamental approaches remain unresolved. Mental health is a major concern for juveniles under a correctional treatment program, but the juvenile justice system lacks individualized mental health services, having devastating and unfair results on youth in need. Through research, professional development, and advocacy, youth who are especially vulnerable to experiencing the undesired outcomes that result from receiving inadequate and inappropriate services will gain better outcomes.

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Successful outcomes in juvenile justice: Overcoming community based and correctional challenges

Willingham

2024

Juvenile Family Court J

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“…Vogel and Peter Andersson Research on treatment in secure institutions is limited, however studies document dynamics that are significant for understanding the barriers for and potentials of treatment in secure institutions. The risk of negative socialization is observed in several studies, where young people mimic other residents' criminal or oppositional behaviour (Ahonen and Degner 2012;Bengtsson 2012). There is also a risk of stigmatization or adopting a negative self-image (Nolbeck et al 2020), and of being trapped in the 'deep end' of child welfare institutions (McAra and McVie 2007).…”

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Treatment in the context of confinement

Henriksen,

Nolbeck,

Enell

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In this article the authors present a meta-synthesis of their studies on secure institutions in Sweden and Denmark. The aim of the metasynthesis is to explore how the context of confinement shapes the possibilities for providing treatment and positive change for at-risk youth. Drawing on meta-synthesis methodology the authors extract content from nine studies published in 20 articles. We highlight three dimensions, which are a) treatment practices and behavioural regulation, b) the carceral materialities and sociomaterial practices, and c) relations. We argue that while treatment is curtailed by confinement, improvements can be made to support more successful change among at-risk youth and smooth their transition into adulthood. Artiklen præsenterer en metasyntese af ni studier om sikrede institutioner i Danmark og Sverige. Formålet med metasyntesen er at undersøge, hvordan frihedsberøvelse rammesætter behandling og forandringsarbejde med unge i udsatte positioner. Forfatterne analyserer 20 artikler fordelt på ni studier, de selv har gennemført. Analysen har fokus på tre centrale forhold; a) behandlingsarbejde og adfærdsregulering, b) materialitet og sociomaterielle praktikker, og c) relationer. Vi argumenterer for, at behandling påvirkes af frihedsberøvelse, men med forbedringer kan behandling på sikret institution bidrage til at skabe positiv forandring og sikre de unges overgang til voksenliv.

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“…The human and financial costs attached to transferring juveniles to the adult court and the curtailing of rehabilitative interventions that usually follow is enormous (Loeber and Farrington, ). Furthermore, research has shown that the negative peer culture, which often prevails in juvenile institutions (e.g., Ahonen and Degner, ), also applies to adult prisons and is a strong risk factor for reoffending (Loeber and Farrington, ). Taken together, it is less likely that the maturational and desistance processes are promoted within the scope of the adult justice system.…”

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What are the Policy Implications of Our Knowledge on Serious, Violent, and Chronic Offenders?

Loeber

Ahonen

2014

Criminology & Public Policy

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Lia Ahonen U n i v e r s i t y o f P i t t s b u r g h , P i t t s b u r g h , P AB aglivio, Jackowski, Greenwald, and Howell (2014, this issue) have replicated several aspects of previous studies, fortifying our knowledge about serious, violent, and chronic (SVC) offenders as a small group of individuals who are responsible for a disproportionate amount of serious crime (e.g., Loeber and Farrington, 2012;Loeber, Farrington, and Waschbusch, 1998;Moffitt, 1993, to mention a few). The sample is impressive: State-wide data on all juveniles referred to the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (FDJJ) during the course of 5 years. What makes this particular study stand out is the inclusion of protective factors to balance the effect of risk factors, which is a leap forward in the study of serious offending. Taken together, Baglivio et al.'s extended approach to serious and violent offenders is of great importance to policy makers on all levels. This is also true for agencies that depend on accurate and precise risk assessments to identify individuals who are most at risk for recidivism and, in the end, reduce the financial burden on society caused by crime as well as increase public value of the administration of justice.A wide array of papers and books have covered the topic of increasing public value and making official institutions such as the justice system more accessible and customer user-friendly, somewhat resembling the efforts of companies within the commercial/private sector (reviewed by Moore, 2013). One of the more important questions is what public value means to different groups and how is this attainable. Public value is sometimes defined as the individual's perception of use and perception of the quality of an organization's Direct correspondence to Rolf Loeber,

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Negative Peer Cultures in Juvenile Institutional Settings: Staff as Couch Coaches or Couch Slouches

Cited by 9 publications

References 16 publications

Successful outcomes in juvenile justice: Overcoming community based and correctional challenges

Successful outcomes in juvenile justice: Overcoming community based and correctional challenges

Treatment in the context of confinement

What are the Policy Implications of Our Knowledge on Serious, Violent, and Chronic Offenders?

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