A national survey of substance abuse treatment for juvenile offenders

被引:87
作者
Young, Douglas W.
Dembo, Richard
Henderson, Craig E.
机构
[1] Univ Maryland, Inst Govt Serv & Res, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[2] Univ S Florida, Dept Criminol, Tampa, FL 33620 USA
[3] Sam Houston State Univ, Huntsville, TX 77341 USA
关键词
substance abuse treatment; juvenile offenders; correctional services; juvenile justice; delinquency; DRUG-USE; DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; BEHAVIOR; YOUTHS; IV;
D O I
10.1016/j.jsat.2006.12.018
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
Despite consensus about the value of substance abuse treatment for delinquent youth, information about its prevalence and availability is inadequate and inconsistent. This article presents findings about treatment and other correctional service provision from a national survey of directors of 141 juvenile institutional and community corrections (CC) facilities. Educational/General Educational Development programming and drug and alcohol education were the most prevalent types of correctional and substance abuse services. Other common services included physical health services and mental health assessment, provided to about 60% of youth across facilities, and mental health counseling, life and communication skills, and anger management, provided to about half of the youth. Substance abuse treatment, as with most other services, were more prevalent in large, state-funded residential facilities (where 66% provided treatment) than in local detention centers (20%) and CC facilities (56%). More detailed data showed that the number of youth attending treatment in all types of facilities on any given day was very low. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:255 / 266
页数:12
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