Juvenile vs. Adult Offender Treatment Approaches
- Course Text: Correctional Counseling and Treatment
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- Chapter 3, “Assessment, Classification, and Treatment with Juvenile Delinquents”
- Chapter 5, “Effective Family Interventions for Youthful Offenders: Some Important Considerations”
- Chapter 6, “Juvenile Offender Suicide: Prevalence, Risk Factors, Assessment, and Crisis Intervention Protocols”
- Chapter 7, “Finding Evidence-Based Juvenile Offender Treatment Programs: A National Survey”
Course Media: Frontline: When Kids Get Life
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Theorists such as Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson have documented the psychological skills and psychosocial needs of juveniles as being different from those of adults. Studies in developmental and child psychology reveal that there are significant differences between children and adults in terms of treatment processes and that children cannot, and should not, be treated as “mini-adults.” Juveniles of different age groups have differing supervision needs as well. Even children of the same age may have significantly different needs. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that the needs of juvenile offenders in forensic treatment settings are unique from those of their adult counterparts.
Restrictions in treatment environments often impact the overall treatment process for juvenile offenders. Juvenile courts may mandate treatment, and parents may refuse to be part of the change process. In addition, drug abuse, sexuality, peer relationships, gangs, and violence………………..
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