Disproportionate Minority Contact Among Juveniles Adjudicated for Sexual, Violent, and General Offending

2016 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca L. Fix ◽  
Spencer T. Fix ◽  
Christine M. Wienke Totura ◽  
Barry R. Burkhart
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Sexual Offending ◽  
Juvenile Detention ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Disproportionate Minority Contact ◽  
Detention Center ◽  
Final Model ◽  
Violent Offending ◽  
Juvenile Detention Center

The present study tested whether differences in violence exposure and parent and peer attachment help explain why disproportionate minority contact is lower among adolescents adjudicated for sexual offending than among adolescents adjudicated for other offenses. The 1,109 male juvenile offenders recruited from a juvenile detention center were interviewed, completed self-report measures, and legal documentation of prior offenses was obtained. Using a hierarchical multinomial logistic regression, a unique constellation of factors were found to predict sexual and violent offending relative to general offending. Moreover, the influence of race/ethnicity was diminished in the final model, suggesting disproportionate minority contact is partially explained by contextual factors.

Facial Emotion Recognition and Empathy in Employees at a Juvenile Detention Center

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (8) ◽  
pp. 2430-2446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luz Anyela Morales Quintero ◽  
Jairo Muñoz-Delgado ◽  
José Carlos Sánchez-Ferrer ◽  
Ana Fresán ◽  
Martin Brüne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Juvenile Detention ◽  
Facial Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion ◽  
Independent Effect ◽  
Detention Center ◽  
Security Guards ◽  
Juvenile Detention Center ◽  
Violent Offenses

Numerous studies have shown that emotion recognition is impaired in individuals with a history of violent offenses, especially in those diagnosed with psychopathy. However, in criminological contexts, there is insufficient research regarding the role of empathy and facial emotion recognition abilities of personnel employed in correction centers. Accordingly, we sought to explore facial emotion recognition abilities and empathy in administrative officers and security guards at a center for institutionalized juvenile offenders. One hundred twenty-two Mexican subjects, including both men and women, were recruited for the study. Sixty-three subjects were administrative officers, and 59 subjects were security guards at a juvenile detention center. Tasks included “Pictures of Facial Affect” and the “Cambridge Behavior Scale.” The results showed that group and gender had an independent effect on emotion recognition abilities, with no significant interaction between the two variables. Specifically, administrative officers showed higher empathy than security guards. Moreover, women in general exhibited more empathy than men. This study provides initial evidence of the need to study emotion recognition and empathy among professionals working in forensic settings or criminological contexts.

The Promises and Pitfalls of Engaging Male Juvenile Offenders in Gender Violence Prevention and Bystander Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (21-22) ◽  
pp. 4384-4403
Author(s):  
Tara Opsal ◽  
Jade Aguilar ◽  
Steven Briggs
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Violence Prevention ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Juvenile Detention ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
At Risk Youth ◽  
Detention Center ◽  
Juvenile Detention Center ◽  
Violence Prevention Program

Drawing on interviews with and observations of boys enrolled in a bystander violence prevention program at a juvenile detention center, this article provides a sociological case study on how the boys’ biographies and violent lived experiences shaped their engagement with the program. Previous research on bystander prevention programs has typically focused on men enrolled in college who do not have the same kinds of violent histories as the boys in this study do. This article builds upon prior research on prevention programs by demonstrating how at-risk youth participants understand and access the program. We offer suggestions for tailoring bystander prevention programs to more adequately address the specific needs of these populations.

A Prospective Study on Self-Reported Psychopathy and Criminal Recidivism Among Incarcerated Male Juvenile Offenders

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (14) ◽  
pp. 2383-2405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Pechorro ◽  
Michael C. Seto ◽  
James V. Ray ◽  
Isabel Alberto ◽  
Mário R. Simões
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Area Under The Curve ◽  
Psychopathic Traits ◽  
Juvenile Detention ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Detention Centers ◽  
Antisocial Process Screening Device ◽  
General Recidivism ◽  
A Prospective Study

The present study examines the utility of three self-report measures of psychopathic traits in predicting recidivism among a sample of incarcerated male juvenile offenders. Participants ( N = 214, M = 16.40 years, SD = 1.29 years) from seven Portuguese juvenile detention centers were followed and prospectively classified as recidivists versus non-recidivists. Area under the curve (AUC) analysis revealed that the Antisocial Process Screening Device–Self-Report (APSD-SR) presented the best performance in terms of predicting general recidivism, with the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI) and the Childhood and Adolescent Taxon Scale–Self-Report (CATS-SR) presenting much poorer results. However, logistic regression models controlling for past frequency of crimes and age of first incarceration found that none of these self-report measures significantly predicted 1- or 3-year recidivism, whether general or violent. Findings suggest there are limitations in terms of the incremental utility of self-report measures of psychopathic traits in predicting recidivism among juveniles.

Learning through dissonance: Critical service-learning in a juvenile detention center as field experience in music teacher education

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeananne Nichols ◽  
Brian M. Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Juvenile Detention ◽  
Incarcerated Youth ◽  
Detention Center ◽  
Juvenile Detention Center ◽  
School Music ◽  
Service Music ◽  
Past Experiences

Though many pre-service music teachers have received exemplary instruction in their high school music programs, these programs may not be representative of the social, cultural, and economic diversity of their broader communities. This insularity may hinder their perceptions of their community as they step into an increasingly diverse school environment. The Champaign County Juvenile Detention Center (CCJDC) Arts Project was adopted as a critical service-learning course in order to introduce pre-service music teachers to students and ways of teaching that may be different from what they typically encounter through their university field experiences. Participants in the project designed and facilitated music and arts experiences with the incarcerated youth once per week over an entire semester. In this case study we examine the experiences of six pre-service music teachers who participated in the CCJDC Arts Project during 2012, looking for moments of “dissonance,” which Kiely defines as incongruities between participants’ past experiences and the challenging reality they encounter through the project. Entry into the facility, interactions with the youth at the facility, and the musical practices shaped by the needs of the facility all worked in tandem to challenge participants’ latent expectations and beliefs about their community, and to heighten their awareness of the sociocultural systems that shape their future students, their developing teaching practices, and their own privileged positions in school and society.

Further Examination of the Association Between Heavy Marijuana Use and Crime Among Youths Entering a Juvenile Detention Center

1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Dembo ◽  
Mark Washburn ◽  
Eric D. Wish ◽  
James Schmeidler ◽  
Alan Getreu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Marijuana Use ◽  
Juvenile Detention ◽  
Detention Center ◽  
Juvenile Detention Center

Implementation of a Behavioral Intervention in a Juvenile Detention Center: Do Individual Characteristics Matter?

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Casey A. Pederson ◽  
Paula J. Fite ◽  
Pam D. Weigand ◽  
Holly Myers ◽  
Leigh Housman
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intervention ◽  
Positive Feedback ◽  
Behavioral Interventions ◽  
Behavioral Activation ◽  
Juvenile Detention ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Male Youth ◽  
Detention Center ◽  
Juvenile Detention Center

A sample of 129 (73% male) youth admitted consecutively into a juvenile detention center were used to examine individual characteristics that contribute the implementation of a behavioral intervention within a juvenile detention center. Given that a system of rewards and punishments is considered the mechanism of change within many behavioral interventions, individuals risk characteristics (i.e., proactive and reactive aggression, behavioral inhibition, subsystems of behavioral activation, callous–unemotional traits, perceived containment) were examined in relation to the rewards (i.e., positive feedback) and punishments (i.e., fines) used by the facility. Data were collected via structured interviews with youth and archival data. The number of days youth spent in detention was the only predictor of positive feedback received. Number of days in detention, sex, and race were related to fines. Behavioral activation drive was the only individual characteristic related to fines. Implications of findings are discussed.

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