Citation

Walden AL, Stancil N, Verona E. J. Prev. Interv. Community 2019; 47(2): 90-103.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10852352.2019.1582147

PMID

30920362

Abstract

Despite a clear need, psychological interventions are lacking in detention facilities. In particular, efforts to implement such interventions in short-term juvenile detainment are virtually absent from scholarly literature. However, short-term juvenile detention facilities (JDFs) serve as important settings for intervention. Detained youth in JDFs present with a variety of charges/offenses, from truancy to murder and vary with regard to their history of contact with the system and the length of their detainment. The present study provides an overview of a brief skills-based intervention implemented in a group-based format with detained adolescents in a JDF, in an effort to examine youths' engagement, buy-in, and perceived obstacles in such settings. Preliminary findings from our pilot intervention effort informed our understanding of youths' engagement, buy-in, and perceived relevance and utility of the intervention.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Child; Female; Male; Adolescent; mental health; Pilot Projects; Focus Groups; Mindfulness; Suicide Prevention; Program Evaluation; Psychology, Adolescent; Behavior Therapy; Delinquency; Vulnerable Populations; Juvenile Delinquency; Psychology, Child; Midwestern United States; Dialectical Behavior Therapy-informed; intervention feasibility; juvenile detention facilities