ERIC Number: EJ982274
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-1050-9674
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Towards a Strength-Based Juvenile Correctional Facility: Sustainability and Effects of an Institutional Transformation
Barton, William H.; Mackin, Juliette R.
Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, v51 n7 p435-452 2012
In 2006, the administration of a state-run, secure juvenile correctional facility initiated an attempt to transform its institutional culture using a strength-based approach to assessment and case planning. This resulted in a rapid improvement in institutional climate. The current study revisits this setting several years later to see if those improvements were sustained, if they have produced better outcomes for youth, and if the assessment and case planning practices demonstrate fidelity to the intended approach. Results suggest that the institutional climate remains greatly improved and that recidivism results are encouraging, but that implementation of the practice model could be strengthened. (Contains 5 tables.)
Descriptors: Fidelity, Sustainability, Program Effectiveness, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Delinquency, Youth, Evaluation Methods, Planning, Institutional Environment, Environmental Influences, Recidivism, Juvenile Justice, Participation, Interpersonal Competence, Individual Development, Personal Autonomy, Skill Development, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Aggression
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Alaska
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