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- Title
Looking Forward: A Research and Policy Agenda for Creating Trauma-Informed Juvenile Justice Systems.
- Authors
Dierkhising, Carly B.; Branson, Christopher E.
- Abstract
The movement to create trauma-informed juvenile justice systems has made great strides in recent years. An integral part of this process is collaboration between traumatic stress experts and juvenile justice professionals in developing trauma-informed approaches to serve diverse populations across a range of jurisdictions and settings. In this article, we outline a research and policy agenda by highlighting four core domains of a trauma-informed juvenile justice system: (a) screening, assessment, and intervention; (b) workforce development; (c) vulnerable populations; and (d) system reform. The movement to create trauma-informed juvenile justice systems has progressed due to emerging research on the impact of exposure to traumatic stressors and subsequent posttraumatic stress reactions on youths' risk of involvement in the juvenile justice system, as well as studies on promising and evidence-based screening, assessment, and therapeutic interventions for traumatized adolescents. Most importantly, traumatic stress researchers and practitioners are moving beyond the phase of educating juvenile justice stakeholders to actually disseminating and implementing trauma-informed practices; many jurisdictions are ready and willing to create and put into place such a system.
- Subjects
CHILD welfare; JUVENILE corrections; POST-traumatic stress; CHILD psychology; MENTAL health; JURISDICTION
- Publication
Journal of Juvenile Justice, 2016, Vol 5, Issue 1, p14
- ISSN
2153-8026
- Publication type
Article