TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Reentry of Young Offenders from the Justice System: A Developmental Perspective
JO  - Youth violence and juvenile justice
A1  - Steinberg, Laurence
A1  - Chung, He L.
A1  - Little, Michelle
SP  - 21
EP  - 38
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
N2  - This article presents a developmental perspective on the reentry of young offenders into the community. The authors begin with a discussion of the psychosocial tasks of late adolescence. Next, they discuss contextual influences on the successful negotiation of these psychosocial tasks. Third, they examine whether and to what extent the contexts to which young offenders are exposed in the justice system are likely to facilitate normative psychosocial development. Finally, they argue that the psychosocial development of youthful offenders is disrupted, or "arrested," by their experiences within the justice system. Interventions designed to facilitate the successful reentry of young offenders into the community must be informed by what we know about healthy psychosocial development in late adolescence.<p />
LA  - 
SN  - 1541-2040
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541204003260045
ID  - ref1
ER  -