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The reports being made by youth in these facilities is not unusual. These issues are pervasive and prevalent enough that there are researchers dedicated to exploring them to understand the impact they have on developing minds, the family and society. Many people in America are shocked to learn that these practices are used here. Learn the issues and require we do better as a nation. This library links to public viewing host sites. To view, follow link in the article title.
If you are a researcher and are studying related issues and are interested in collaborating or having relevant articles added to this developing database, please reach out to Dr Athena Kolbe.
State-level Data for Understanding Child Welfare in the United States
State-level Data for Understanding Child Welfare in the United States - This comprehensive child welfare resource provides state and national data on child maltreatment, foster care, kinship caregiving, and adoption from foster care. The data are essential to help policymakers understand how many children and youth came in contact with ...
Sexual Victimization Reported by Youth in Juvenile Facilities, 2018
Sexual Victimization Reported by Youth in Juvenile Facilities, 2018 - This report defines sexual victimization as any forced or coerced sexual activity with another youth or any sexual activity with facility staff that takes place in a juvenile correctional facility.
Review of the evidence base for treatment of childhood psychopathology
Review of the evidence base for treatment of childhood psychopathology - This article reviews controlled research on treatments for childhood externalizing behavior disorders. The review is organized around 2 subsets of such disorders: disruptive behavior disorders (i.e., conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Rehabilitating the ‘drugs lifestyle’: Criminal justice, social control, and the cultivation of agency
Rehabilitating the 'drugs lifestyle': Criminal justice, social control, and the cultivation of agency - This study examines rehabilitative practice within a residential drug treatment facility that works closely with the criminal justice system.
Protecting Youth Placed in Unregulated Residential “Treatment” Facilities
Protecting Youth Placed in Unregulated Residential "Treatment" Facilities - Depending on the state, failure to provide state oversight of residential programs for minors may occur because these programs (1) do not accept public funds; (2) are affiliated with religious organizations; or (3) describe themselves (inappropriately) as outdoor programs, boarding schools, ...
Prison Policy Initiative
Prison Policy Initiative - On this page, the Prison Policy Initiative has curated all of the research about youth in the criminal justice system that we know of.
Physical punishment of children: lessons from 20 years of research
Physical punishment of children: lessons from 20 years of research - The Joint Statement on Physical Punishment of Children and Youth finds that the evidence is clear and compelling — physical punishment of children and youth plays no useful role in their upbringing and poses only risks to their development. ...
Outcomes for youth receiving intensive in-home therapy or residential care
Outcomes for youth receiving intensive in-home therapy or residential care - This study compares outcomes for behaviorally troubled children receiving intensive in-home therapy (IIHT) and those receiving residential care (RC). Data suggest that in-home treatment has a more positive impact on youth’s outcomes than residential care.
Orphanages, Training Schools, Reform Schools and Now This?
Orphanages, Training Schools, Reform Schools and Now This? - While juvenile incarceration rates have been reduced since that time, many serious problems continue to plague youth programming – such as inhumane conditions in facilities, youth treated as and intermingled with adult prisoners, and physical and sexual abuse. ...
National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect - The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) distributes the data for each study listed. All datasets are distributed free of charge.
