Exam 12: Residential Placement and Aftercare Programs

A juvenile correctional facility that closely constrains and monitors residents' activities and restricts their access to the community is described as:

Across different types of offenses, _______, _______, and _______ youth make up a disproportionate percentage of youth committed to residential placement.

The CJRP also shows that a substantial proportion of these youth-almost 80 percent-were placed in residential facilities for delinquent offenses.

"A facility that focuses on providing some type of individually planned treatment program for youth (substance abuse, sex offender, mental health, etc.) in conjunction with residential care. Such facilities generally require specific licensing by the state that may require that treatment provided is Medicaid-reimbursable …" (Sickmund et al. 2017).

The following questions are on Reading 12.1: Sedlak and McPherson (2010). -In summarizing youth-staff relations, Sedlak and McPherson (2010) desribe this relatioship overall as:

_______________ involves the provision of services that are intended to help youths successfully make the transition from residential placement to life back in the community.

A facility that focuses on providing some type of individually-planned treatment program for youth (substance abuse, sex offender, mental health, etc.) in conjunction with residential care is called a:

What is the most common type of juvenile custodial institution?

"A long-term facility in which residents are allowed extensive contact with the community, such as attending school or holding a job" (Sickmund et al. 2017).

The following questions are on Reading 12.2: Inderbitzin (2007). -How did the Blue cottage staff control their population of violent offenders?

Farmer and her colleagues (2017) identify four fundamental aspects of quality of care: self determination, freedom, staff pay, and rural setting.

The following questions are on Reading 12.1: Sedlak and McPherson (2010). -The SYRP reveals that the residential facilities that hold juvenile offenders are quite similar in size, organizational complexity, and physical layout.

The Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement (CJRP) reports that almost two-thirds of all residential placements are in what two types of facilities?

The following questions are on Reading 12.2: Inderbitzin (2007). -How did the qualitative methods of this study help the researcher gain insights?

__________ means to transfer legal cusoty from the parents to a state agency such as the juvenile court or department of corrections.

Evaluation research shows two types of residential treatment programs to be most effective:

"A specialized type of facility that provides strict confinement for its residents. Includes training schools, reformatories, and juvenile correctional facilities" (Sickmund et al. 2017).

Meta-analysis of aftercare program effectiveness show mixed and limited evidence of support.

Residential treatment centers are considered less restrictive and more therapeutic than custodial institutions.

The Juvenile Residential Facility Census (JRFC) gathers data on how facilities operate and the services they provide, including level of security