Applying Culturally Competent Group Interventions to African American and Latino Adolescents in Juvenile Justice Settings

This chapter examines the state’s flagship institution for delinquent girls. It reveals the way intersecting notions of race, gender, and sexuality shaped reformers’ and practitioners’ implementation of juvenile justice. African American girls at the Illinois Training School were blamed for the interracial sexual relationships staff members and professionals abhorred and were considered the most violent girls in the institution. They also became subject to a race specific and gendered construction of female delinquency in the institution. Unlike the image of a fixable, inherently innocent delinquent that spurred the child-saving movement, black girls were cast as inherently deviant, unfixable, and dangerous delinquent whose negative influences could contaminate other children in the institution.

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Culturally Competent Approaches to Assessing ADHD in African American Adults and Overcoming Cultural Issues with Patients and Families

The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry ◽

10.4088/jcp.13008tx3c ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 76 (03) ◽

pp. e07-e07 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Roberta Waite

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Culturally Competent ◽

Cultural Issues ◽

African American Adults

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Race and Stereotypes Matter When You Ask About Conduct Problems: Implications for Violence Risk Assessment in Juvenile Justice Settings

Journal of Black Psychology ◽

10.1177/0095798418821278 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 26-51

Author(s):

James R. Andretta ◽

Frank C. Worrell ◽

Katara M. Watkins ◽

Ryan M. Sutton ◽

Adrian D. Thompson ◽

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Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Juvenile Justice ◽

Conduct Problems ◽

Juvenile Justice System ◽

African American Adolescents ◽

Substantial Effect ◽

Control Group ◽

Violence Risk ◽

Identity Attitudes ◽

The Impact

We examined the impact of stigma priming on self-reported severe conduct problems in two studies conducted with African American adolescents involved in the juvenile justice system. Data-collection interviews were conducted in a secure detention setting following arrest. In Study 1 ( N = 193), stigma was primed by manipulating the ordering of surveys. Adolescents who completed a questionnaire about racial identity attitudes prior to questions about severe conduct reported substantively more problematic behaviors than control group peers (β = 0.43). In Study 2 ( N = 264), stigma was primed by manipulating whether adolescents were interviewed by an African American or European American mental health professional. Racial group membership of the interviewer did not have a substantial effect on self-reported conduct problems (β = −0.04). Although the studies were not without limitations, they highlight the need for more research on the degree to which interview methods and context influence self-reported severe conduct behavior in forensic settings.

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