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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.
How to Turn Around Troubled Teens
How to Turn Around Troubled Teens - In a 2010 review of 69 controlled studies, criminologists revealed that such programs produced little or no overall improvement in offender recidivism.
Hospital Patient Behavior: Reactance, Helplessness, or Control?
Hospital Patient Behavior: Reactance, Helplessness, or Control? - A review of these patterns suggests that some “good patients” may actually be in a state of anxious or depressed helplessness, whereas “bad patients” are exhibiting anger and reactance against the perceived arbitrary removal of freedoms.
GAO Report: State and Federal Oversight Gaps May Increase Risk to Youth Well-being Apr 2008
GAO Report: State and Federal Oversight Gaps May Increase Risk to Youth Well-being Apr 2008 - Nearly all states (49) responding to our survey reported investigating complaints of youth maltreatment in residential facilities in 2006, including facilities operated by government as well as private entities, and located in both urban ...
GAO Report: Selected Cases of Death and Abuse at Public and Private Schools and Treatment Centers May 2009
GAO Report: Selected Cases of Death and Abuse at Public and Private Schools and Treatment Centers May 2009 - Reports indicate that vulnerable children are being abused in these settings.
GAO Report: Residential Programs Selected Cases of Death, Abuse and Deceptive Marketing Apr 2008
GAO Report: Residential Programs Selected Cases of Death, Abuse and Deceptive Marketing Apr 2008 - In the eight closed cases GAO examined, ineffective management and operating practices, in addition to untrained staff, contributed to the death and abuse of youth enrolled in selected programs.
GAO Report: Concerns Regarding Abuse and Death in Certain Programs for Troubled Youth Oct 2007
GAO Report: Concerns Regarding Abuse and Death in Certain Programs for Troubled Youth Oct 2007 - GAO found thousands of allegations of abuse, some of which involved death, at residential treatment programs across the country and in American-owned and American-operated facilities abroad between the years 1990 and 2007. ...
Federal Trade Commission: Consumer Information – Residential Treatment Programs for Teens
Federal Trade Commission: Consumer Information – Residential Treatment Programs for Teens – The programs are not regulated by the federal government, and many are not subject to state licensing or monitoring as mental health or educational facilities, either. A 2007 Report to Congress by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found cases ...
Estimating the number of children in formal alternative care: Challenges and results
Estimating the number of children in formal alternative care: Challenges and results - The purpose of this paper is to provide a snapshot of the availability and coverage of data on children living in residential and foster care from some 142 countries covering more than 80 per cent of the ...
Escorting: The Psychological Impact of Kidnapping
Escorting: The Psychological Impact of Kidnapping - Kidnapping is the deliberate creation and marketing of human grief, anguish and despair.
Escorting: The Impact of Kidnapping, Shooting and Torture on Children
Escorting: The Impact of Kidnapping, Shooting and Torture on Children - Trauma, in general, and coercive trauma specifically, impacts children differently than adults. Children do not have the psychological mechanisms in place to understand and integrate the trauma experience. Being less mature, a child is more likely to be overwhelmed by ...
