@article{ref1,
title="Reaching underserved youth: A pilot implementation of a skills-based intervention in short-term juvenile detention",
journal="Journal of prevention and intervention in the community",
year="2019",
author="Walden, Angela L. and Stancil, Nancy and Verona, Edelyn",
volume="47",
number="2",
pages="90-103",
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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1085-2352",
doi="10.1080/10852352.2019.1582147",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2019.1582147"
}