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JOURNAL OF PREVENTION & INTERVENTION IN THE COMMUNITY
Volume 47, Issue 2, Pages 90-103Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10852352.2019.1582147
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Delinquency; Dialectical Behavior Therapy-informed; intervention feasibility; juvenile detention facilities; mental health
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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.
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