Juvenile Justice and a Strengths Perspective: Complement or Clash?

Autor/in	Clark, Michael D.
Titel	Juvenile Justice and a Strengths Perspective: Complement or Clash?
Quelle	In: Reclaiming Children and Youth, 18 (2009) 2, S.21-26 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1089-5701
Schlagwörter	Personality Traits; Social Control; Juvenile Justice; Punishment; Psychology; Positive Reinforcement; Rehabilitation; Coping; Compliance (Psychology); Behavior Change; Discipline; Outcomes of Treatment; Youth; Participation; Crime; Motivation; Life Style + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Soziale Kontrolle; Jugendgerichtshilfe; Bestrafung; Psychologie; Bewältigung; Disziplin; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Teilnahme; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Lebensstil
Abstract	Does the new realm of positive psychology and strength-based strategies complement or clash with the remedial discipline of social control traditionally practiced in juvenile justice programs? Many welcome the balance of positive psychology, the strengths perspective, and coping and resilience studies. Although emerging from different disciplines, these approaches share many common aspects and seem to be unified by a common trait--they all represent a new science of "getting up." As a background for this discussion, the author first poses four preliminary questions on juvenile justice and punishment and offers solutions by applying the strengths perspective to the four questions. Then the author discusses the two C's of probation history: (1) control; and (2) compliance, and the three C's of strengths perspective: (1) control; (2) compliance; and (3) change. The author presents four ways on how to apply the strengths perspective to juvenile justice: (1) Shift the focus from problems to strengths; (2) Shift the focus from punishment to treatment; (3) Shift from adult-constructed solutions to youth-involved solutions; and (4) Realize change comes from the strengths of the young person and not coercion of the adult. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10