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2 results foundAuthor: Snow, Pamela Title: Youth (In)Justice: Oral Language Competence in Early Life and Risk for Engagement in Antisocial Behaviour in Adolescence Summary: Youth offenders can be complex and challenging for policymakers and practitioners alike and face higher risk of long-term disadvantage and social marginalisation. In many cases, this marginalisation from the mainstream begins in early life, particularly in the classroom, where they have difficulty both with language/literacy tasks and with the interpersonal demands of the classroom. Underlying both sets of skills is oral language competence—the ability to use and understand spoken language in a range of situations and social exchanges, in order to successfully negotiate the business of everyday life. This paper highlights an emerging field of research that focuses specifically on the oral language skills of high-risk young people. It presents evidence from Australia and overseas that demonstrates that high proportions (some 50% in Australian studies) of young offenders have a clinically significant, but previously undetected, oral language disorder. This raises important questions about how young offenders are engaged in forensic interviews, whether as suspects, victims or witnesses. The delivery of highly, verbally-mediated interventions such as counselling and restorative justice conferencing is also considered in the light of emerging international evidence on this topic. Details: Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2012. 6p. Source: Internet Resource: Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, No. 435: Accessed April 12, 2012 at: http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/4/A/E/%7B4AEA498D-5669-4E48-93B2-D08BFAB96548%7Dtandi435.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Australia URL: http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/4/A/E/%7B4AEA498D-5669-4E48-93B2-D08BFAB96548%7Dtandi435.pdf Shelf Number: 124938 Keywords: Antisocial Behavior, Juveniles (Australia)Delinquency PreventionEducationJuvenile ConferencingLanguage CompetencyVerbal Skills |
Author: Snow, Pamela C. Title: Oral Language Competence and Interpersonal Violence: Exploring Links in Incarcerated Young Males Summary: Oral language competence is a basic prerequisite for functional and prosocial development across the lifespan, but has been inadequately investigated in young people in whom behaviour disturbance is the dominant concern. Previous work in Australia and overseas has shown that young offenders serving community-based orders are at high-risk for undetected but clinically significant oral language (everyday talking and listening) difficulties. However this phenomenon has received little attention in incarcerated samples, and links with offending severity, mental health, and other markers of early risk (e.g., a history of early Out of Home Care placement) have not been systemically examined. A cross-sectional examination of one hundred (100) young offenders (mean age 19.03 years, SD = .85) completing custodial sentences in Victoria, Australia was carried out. Participants were assessed on a range of standardised oral language, IQ, mental health and offending-severity measures. Language measures were selected for their sensitivity to a range of everyday linguistic competencies, such as listening comprehension, the ability to define words, and to understanding of everyday idioms and other forms of non-literal language. Language impairment (LI) was operationally defined as performance below two standard deviations below the mean on two standardised language measures (the CELF4 and the TLC-E). Forty-six percent of participants were classified as language impaired (LI), using this definition. When the subgroup with high offending scores was compared with those with (relatively) lower offending scores, significant differences on a range of language measures were identified. A range of early risk indicators (such as placement in Out of Home Care) was also examined with respect to language impairment in this high-risk group. Unidentified oral language impairments are over-represented in young men in the justice system, and may serve to further marginalise this already disadvantaged group. Implications for early intervention, passage through the justice system, and receipt of therapeutic services are discussed. Young offenders should be routinely screened for LI and interventions should be tailored accordingly. Details: Sydney: Criminology Research Council, 2011. 37p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 12, 2013 at: http://www.criminologyresearchcouncil.gov.au/reports/0809-10.pdf Year: 2011 Country: Australia URL: http://www.criminologyresearchcouncil.gov.au/reports/0809-10.pdf Shelf Number: 127591 Keywords: Antisocial Behavior, Juveniles (Australia)Delinquency PreventionEducationJuvenile ConferencingLanguage CompetencyVerbal SkillsYoung Male Offenders |