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3 results foundAuthor: Wilson, Kate J. Title: Literature Review: Wraparound Services for Juvenile and Adult Offender Populations Summary: It has long been recognized that prison inmates reentering the community often face multiple problems across diverse life domains — not simply issues related to employment, financial stability, and secure housing — but struggles with substance abuse, mental and physical health problems, and issues related to family reunification. Because criminal justice agencies alone cannot provide for the range of services an offender is likely to need during the short- and long-term process of reentry, it is thought that coordinated, comprehensive services that break down service-agency barriers and engage community-based providers can genuinely improve individual outcomes when key elements are addressed (Haimowitz, 2004; Lawrence et al., 2002; Rossman, 2001; Taxman et al., 2000). California’s recently passed Assembly Bill 900 (AB 900), which is designed to provide 53,000 additional beds to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) adult State prison and jail system, also stresses the need to provide rehabilitative services to inmates. AB 900 specifically provides for the establishment of reentry program facilities in which offenders can receive risk and needs assessments, case management services, and wraparound services that provide a continuity of support between custody and parole. The purpose of the current report is to review extant research literature on the efficacy of wraparound services as applied to the community reentry of adult offender populations. The report begins by defining wraparound services and then provides an overview of evaluations of the wraparound approach conducted in other social service areas and with populations other than adult offenders. Unfortunately, research on wraparound services for adult offenders is, at the current time, scarce to nonexistent. Nevertheless, both the theory behind wraparound services and the evaluations that have been conducted with juvenile populations provide insight into the strengths and possible benefits of such an approach. Details: Davis, CA: Center for Public Policy Research, University of California, Davis, 2008. 17p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 22, 2011 at: http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Adult_Research_Branch/Research_Documents/Wraparound_Services_UCDAVIS_Jan_2008.pdf Year: 2008 Country: United States URL: http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Adult_Research_Branch/Research_Documents/Wraparound_Services_UCDAVIS_Jan_2008.pdf Shelf Number: 122442 Keywords: Correctional ProgramsJuvenile Offenders, RehabilitationPrisoner Reentry |
Author: Butts, Jeffrey A. Title: Positive Youth Justice: Framing Justice Interventions Using the Concepts of Positive Youth Development Summary: The concepts and principles of positive youth development (PYD) offer valuable guidance for the design of interventions for youthful offenders. Unfortunately, few programs draw on PYD principles, often for very good reasons. We believe that can change. The most common approaches to PYD presume that young people possess conventional attitudes and a ready willingness to cooperate with pro-social peers and adults. These are not qualities that one finds in abundance among youth involved with the juvenile court and the larger juvenile justice system. Almost by definition, court-involved youth have a greater inclination than do other youth to violate rules, disregard convention and defy authority. A positive youth development framework for these youth would have to be different from a framework designed for more conventional or normative youth. Some features of PYD models may be relevant for young offenders, but which ones? Which aspects of PYD are likely to be effective with youth who have already engaged in anti-social or illegal behavior? Is there a way to adapt the general principles of PYD for use in a justice environment? The premise of this report is that PYD could, and should be adapted for justice-involved youth. In fact, PYD might be well suited as a principal theory of habilitation and rehabilitation for young offenders. Other treatments and approaches will continue to be necessary as a supplemental response to particular subsets of youth in the justice system. Youth who commit violent acts, for example, will always prompt a strong response from law enforcement and corrections. Yet, punishment and deterrence are not effective strategies for helping youth to succeed at school and work. Young people with drug dependencies need high-quality substance abuse treatments, although drug treatment programs cannot prepare them to meet every type of challenge they are likely to face in life. Youth with mental health problems need specialized interventions, but such programs are clearly not sufficient by themselves as a means of ensuring a successful transition to adulthood. All justice-involved youth, even those who require some of these specialized treatments, need basic supports and opportunities if they are to avoid future criminality and learn to lead positive, productive adult lives. Where should justice authorities turn to design such interventions? We suggest that PYD could be an effective framework for designing general interventions for young offenders. A positive youth development framework would encourage youth justice systems to focus on protective factors as well as risk factors, strengths as well as problems, and broader efforts to facilitate successful transitions to adulthood for justice-involved youth. In this report, we propose such a framework for youth justice interventions. That framework is Positive Youth Justice. The Positive Youth Justice Model (Model) includes 12 key components depicted as a 2 by 6 matrix. Each cell in the matrix represents the interaction of two key assets needed by all youth: (1) learning/doing, and (2) attaching/belonging. Each asset should be developed within the context of six separate life domains (work, education, relationships, community, health, and creativity). Our goals in this report are to introduce and explain the Positive Youth Justice Model by: • Briefly reviewing the research literature about adolescent development and youth justice interventions; • Identifying key theoretical and empirical findings that are supportive of a positive youth development framework; • Exploring how youth justice practitioners use positive youth development concepts to build interventions for young offenders; • Examining the array of concepts related to positive youth development and reducing them to a smaller, more workable set of key components that could be applied in justice settings; and • Considering how the Positive Youth Justice Model could be used to design interventions and create outcome measures for youth justice agencies. Details: Washington, DC: Coalition for Juvenile Justice, 2010. 40p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 10, 2011 at: http://juvjustice.org/media/resources/public/resource_390.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United States URL: http://juvjustice.org/media/resources/public/resource_390.pdf Shelf Number: 122689 Keywords: Juvenile Justice (U.S.)Juvenile Offenders, RehabilitationPositive Youth Development |
Author: Includem Title: Gangs Pilot Interim Impact Report - January 2010 to March 2011 Summary: In 2008 Strathclyde Police approached Includem to discuss a mechanism to refer young people who they identified as being on the periphery of, or involved with, gang violence directly to Includem’s Intensive Support Service. The Police recognised they have primarily an enforcement role, and that this process was not having enough of an impact on reducing gang violence or the number of victims it created. They acknowledged that the enforcement role they provided would be more effective alongside an intervention to work with the young people to challenge their behaviours and attitudes that led to them perpetuating crime. It was from this starting point that funding was secured to deliver a partnership response to young people who were causing a disproportionate amount of crime within specific geographical locations in Glasgow. The young people referred presented multiple and complex support needs, most commonly a combination of behavioural issues including offending, problematic personal and social relationships, disengagement with education, family issues and substance misuse. Their offending behaviour was focused around gang activity and violence within the east or the north of Glasgow. Includem provided planned, structured support focusing on these identified support needs and tailored to the individual young person. Each contact usually covered 2 or 3 of these issues and the linkages amongst them. Includem’s support package also adapted to respond to any changing support needs, for example to respond to the incarceration of a parent and the loss experienced by the young person. Working within the essential framework of a trusting relationship, staff draw on a structured evidence informed series of practitioner modules – A Better Life - to tailor individual programmes of work to constructively address problems in attitude, behaviour, skills and relationships. Includem’s sustained monitoring and evaluation over 10 years confirms a pattern of consistent outcomes for young people who have the typical characteristics of young people in secure care or prison. This report provides an overview of activity for the first 15 months (January 2010 to March 2011). Project Aim -- To reduce offending of young people involved in gang behaviours, and the number of victims created, through delivery of intensive support and supervision at times of risk and supporting young people to (re)engage with services and opportunities which will build skills and resilience for positive choices and lifestyles. Details: Glasgow: Includem, 2012. 25p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 30, 2012 at: http://www.includem.org/file/1239 Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.includem.org/file/1239 Shelf Number: 125800 Keywords: Gang ViolenceGangs (Scotland)Juvenile Offenders, Rehabilitation |