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Applying positive youth development and life-course research to the treatment of adolescents involved with the judicial system.
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Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling
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October 1, 2006
- Author:
- Bradshaw, Catherine P.; Brown, Jennifer Southwick; Hamilton, Stephen F.
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Contemporary perspectives on positive youth development are considered in light of multidisciplinary life-course research regarding the development of serious behavior problems. Strategies are provided for applying the youth development perspective and life-course research to clinical interventions for court-involved youth.
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Youth development and life-course research both offer promising new perspectives on the treatment of adolescent behavior problems, but their implications for practice have not yet been adequately explicated. In this article, we review the current literature on positive youth development and the life-course perspective as they apply to the ...