Exam 12: Residential Placement and Aftercare Programs

The following questions are on Reading 12.1: Sedlak and McPherson (2010). -The Survey of Youth in Residential Placement (SYRP) gathers information:

The following questions are on Reading 12.2: Inderbitzin (2007). -All of the Blue cottage staff agreed that their goal was treatment rather than punishment.

This type of juvenile court disposition provides legal authoritization for out-of-home placement of the youth.

"A short-term facility that provides temporary care in a physically restricting environment for juveniles in custody pending court disposition and, often, for juveniles who are adjudicated delinquent and awaiting disposition or placement elsewhere, or are awaiting transfer to another jurisdiction" (Sickmund et al. 2017).

What is the group home model in which a married couple directs the treatment program and have broad and extensive responsibilities, including supervising the activities of the youth, correcting problem behaviors and teaching appropriate behavior, and developing positive relationships with parents, juvenile court personnel, and social service and mental health agencies?

The one-day count of the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement (CJRP) in 2015 revealed that there were about __________ youth committed to residential correctional facilities as a result of being adjudicated delinquent (Sickmund et al. 2017)

Evaluation research shows that the intensive aftercare program (IAP) significantly reduce recidivism.