East Side Story: Behavioral Analysis of a High Juvenile Crime Community

Stumphauzer, Jerome S.; Aiken, Thomas W.; Veloz, Esteban V.

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“…The general environmental conditions that appear to be most often associated with delinquency are those found in disorganized and disadvantaged communities (Glaser, 1965;Stumphauzer, Aiken, & Veloz, 1977). This type of community offers little, if any, local support for community institutions and agencies, which often are operated by individuals who reside outside the community.…”

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Social Maladjustment: Definition, Identification, and Programming

Center¹

1989

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Section: Programmingmentioning

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Social Maladjustment: Definition, Identification, and Programming

Center¹

1989

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“…In their behavioral-ecological analysis of a high juvenile crime community, Stumphauzer, Aiken, and Veloz (1977) found the community deficient in the provision of vocational programs and jobs for youths, in structured programs for 15-to 18-year olds, in early identification efforts, and in gang-prevention programs. Also lacking were programs to help parents learn to effectively control the behavior of their children.…”

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The Behavioral-Ecological Model of Intervention with Chicano Gang Delinquents

Hunsaker¹

1981

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

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This paper examines the use of a behavioral-ecological model to diagnose and prescribe interventions for a community problem. The paper is presented as a case study of a community-based organization that used the model in the treatment and prevention of Chicano gang delinquency. Other purposes of this work included a replication and extension of similar work performed in a different environment and with different subjects as well as a test of the generality of behavioral methods to the treatment and prevention of Chicano gang delinquency. In general, all three purposes were accomplished. Some unanticipated outcomes and future directions are discussed.Although gang delinquency as a social problem has been extensively studied and the focus of a number of intervention efforts, the use of a behavioral-ecological model to diagnose and prescribe interventions appropriate to this problem has not often been reported. Moreover, little work of any kind has been reported on natural environment interventions tested specifically with Chicano gang delinquents. In view of the successful application of behavior modication to many delinquent behaviors (Braukmann,

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“…The more psychologically oriented behavioral theories of personality functioning, though falling short in many respects, do provide a framework for understanding the behavior of delinquent youths (Ribes-Inesta & Bandura, 1976), thus providing a basis for designing programs to treat delinquents. Acknowledging the role of the environment, especially that of the overall social system, in contributing to the development of nonadaptive behaviors, the behavioral interaction theories provide us with a model on which delinquent behavior can be modified (Stumphauzer, Aiken, & Veloz, 1977). Diversion programs for juveniles, at the police or pretrial level, often employ behavioral modification techniques successfully.…”

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Psychology and the juvenile justice system.

Sobel¹

1979

American Psychologist

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with its goal of understanding human behavior, has only recently applied its accumulated knowledge to the broad problems affecting all levels of society. A good example is provided by psychology's involvement with issues related to the juvenile justice system. Although juvenile delinquency-its causes, cures, and programs to deal with it-has traditionally been perceived as the realm of sociology, criminology, and political science, psychology has recently taken a more active role in this area. Nevertheless, psychology has only begun to tap its vast potential for making useful inputs to the understanding of delinquent behavior and the development of public policy and advocacy for these youths. In this essay, I consider some of the contributions psychology has made and how it can productively increase its future involvement.The criminal justice system and mental health system exist in our society alongside each other as almost totally separate institutions. Youths who are arrested for delinquent acts, for example, receive a course of treatment different from the one they would have received had they been brought to a mental health center. In the former case, the youth is considered "a criminal"; in the latter, "psychologically disturbed" (Sobel, 1979). To date, psychologists have primarily been involved with the youths in the mental health system. The data relating to the involvements of psychologists in the criminal justice system reveal a disappointing picture. In the APA Manpower Survey of 1975, only 349-less than \% of APA's membership-identified themselves as being primarily employed in a setting related to the criminal justice system. The APA Task Force on the Role of Psychology in the Criminal Justice System (1978) surveyed these 349 members. The 203 respondents reported a median of only 10% of their activities to be related to juveniles (Clingempeel, Mulvey, & Reppucci, Note 1). The main involvements reported were those traditionally known to the courts, that is, providing psychologi-1020 • OCTOBER 1979 • AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST

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East Side Story: Behavioral Analysis of a High Juvenile Crime Community

Cited by 20 publications

References 4 publications

Social Maladjustment: Definition, Identification, and Programming

Social Maladjustment: Definition, Identification, and Programming

The Behavioral-Ecological Model of Intervention with Chicano Gang Delinquents

Psychology and the juvenile justice system.

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