The responsibility of juvenile delinquents

Health of juvenile delinquents.

Intermediate treatment centres were established in 1969 to enable delinquent adolescents to remain within their communities under supervision, avoiding the imposition of a custodial sentence.' This study compares the physical health of a group of delinquent boys who attended Parkway, an intermediate treatment centre in a deprived inner city area, with that of non-delinquents. Subjects, methods ...

the hard cores of the juvenile delinquents

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Mental Types of Juvenile Delinquents Considered in Relation to Treatment

Perception of juvenile delinquents of group therapy approaches.

The present study focuses on juvenile delinquents' perception of two procedures used in group therapy. Eleven juvenile delinquents, participants of a probation program, were asked to share their experience with group therapy. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the interviews with the participants, the specifics of verbal and action procedures were examined. Verbal procedures offe...

Mortality in a group of formerly incarcerated juvenile delinquents.

A 7-year follow-up study of formerly incarcerated delinquents revealed an extremely high mortality rate. Of 118 male and female subjects, seven had died before their 25th birthdays, making the mortality rate of the sample approximately 58 times the national average for individuals in their age group. All died violent deaths, making the violent death rate of the sample approximately 76 times the...