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Article: Organizational commitment as a predictor of staff working alliances with juvenile offenders.(juvenile corrections)
- Article from:
- Corrections Compendium
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
- Author:
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Developing effective rehabilitation programs for serious juvenile offenders is critical because a relatively small proportion of juvenile offenders are responsible for a large percentage of crimes committed in the United States each year. The lack of attention to major psychological issues as causal factors of delinquency and the heavy emphasis placed on conformity and compliance, as is the practice in many juvenile correctional systems and most adult prisons, have made many current rehabilitation programs for juvenile offenders ineffective. Research has shown that one crucial factor in addressing psychological issues with juvenile offenders and developing appropriate ...
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