NCJ Number
12242
Journal
PROBATION AND PAROLE Issue: 5 Dated: (SUMMER 1973) Pages: 51-63
Date Published
1973
Length
13 pages
Annotation
DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES AND DELINQUENCY CAUSATION AS A BASIS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF INTENSIVE FAMILY THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT PROCESS.
Abstract
A BASIC PREMISE OF THIS PAPER IS THAT TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF JUVENILE DELINQUENTS WHICH IGNORES WORK WITH THE FAMILY MAY BE INJURIOUS TO THE CHILD'S WELFARE WHEN HE/SHE IS RETURNED TO HIS/HER HOME AND COMMUNITY. FOCUSING UPON DELINQUENCY CAUSATION, THIS PAPER EXAMINES THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, AND FAMILIAR DIMENSIONS OF DEVELOPMENT, DRAWING ON PREVIOUS RESEARCH AND THEORY. IN ILLUSTRATING THE APPLICATION OF FAMILY CASEWORK WITH JUVENILE OFFENDERS, THE AUTHORS DISCUSS THE CASEWORK POLICY AT AN INSTITUTION FOR BOYS ADJUDICATED DELINQUENT BY THE FAMILY COURTS OF NEW YORK STATE. REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)