Female juvenile delinquents' pragmatic awareness of conversational interactions

Sanger, Dixie; Hux, Karen; Ritzman, Mitzi

doi:10.1016/s0021-9924(99)00003-9

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“…Contradictory patterns of communication were observed throughout the 5-month study. These contradictions were similar to findings from a previous qualitative study conducted on 45 incarcerated teenage girls (Sanger, Hux, & Ritzman, 1999). In that study, researchers reported that participants could state many of the conventions governing conversational interactions but appeared to openly violate conventions governing ongoing conversations.…”

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Implications of the Personal Perceptions of Incarcerated Adolescents Concerning Their Own Communicative Competence

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Coufal

Scheffler

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Communication Disorders Quarterly

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This article examines the views of incarcerated and nonincarcerated female adolescents about their performance in and knowledge of communication. Forty-six participants, who ranged in age from 15 to 17 years and were of similar socioeconomic status, were surveyed on two 20-item questionnaires about pragmatic practices that govern conversational interactions. Overall, the results indicated similar findings for the two groups on pragmatic practices. The views of the incarcerated teenagers suggested they did not perceive themselves as having problems with their own performance concerning conversational behaviors. No statistically significant differences between the groups were found on knowledge of the rules governing conversational practices according to societal dictates. Implications for dynamic assessment and intervention are discussed, and service delivery models, metapragmatics, and the role of communication are addressed. In addition, topics in which incarcerated adolescents choose to engage are discussed for the purpose of planning intervention programs.

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Implications of the Personal Perceptions of Incarcerated Adolescents Concerning Their Own Communicative Competence

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Scheffler

et al. 2003

Communication Disorders Quarterly

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“…Sanger and co-workers have also carried out a number of investigations into the language skills of female juvenile delinquents (e.g. Sanger et al, 1997Sanger et al, , 1999Sanger et al, , 2000, however gender differences in language development in general (see Gleason, 2002) and in the relationship of impaired language development to disruptive behaviour (e.g. Stowe et al, 1999) limit the extent to which the findings from these studies can be generalised to male juvenile offenders.…”

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What's the story? An exploration of narrative language abilities in male juvenile offenders

Snow

Powell

2005

Psychology, Crime & Law

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This paper is concerned with the narrative language (story telling) abilities of a group of juvenile offenders completing community-based court orders in Melbourne, Australia. A convenience sample of 30 male young offenders was compared with 50 male non-offenders attending government high schools in the same region of Melbourne. Participants provided an audiotaped description of a sixframe cartoon (the ''Flowerpot Incident''). Samples were transcribed and subjected to story grammar analysis, to examine differences between groups regarding both structural and qualitative adequacy. Young offenders produced narratives which were significantly poorer than those of controls with respect to the presence and adequacy of the seven story grammar elements described by Stein and Glenn (In R. O. Freedle (Ed.), New Directions in Discourse Processing (pp. 53 Á/120) 1979). Findings are discussed in relation to implications for investigative and evidentiary interviewing.

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“…Although many incarcerated youth tend to demonstrate poor pragmatic practices, in actuality, a much smaller number present with language problems. It can be argued that in the aforementioned study by Sanger et al (1999), many youth, irrespective of their level of knowledge of communication practices, were making &dquo;poor choices&dquo; during ongoing interactions. Depending on the nature of the situation, students who make &dquo;poor choices&dquo; in schools most often are subject to disciplinary action, such as detention, suspension, Saturday school, transfer, or expulsion.…”

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“…A second major finding of the Sanger research review related to pragmatic practices examined in a qualitative study involving 45 adolescent girls residing in a correctional facility (Sanger, Hux, & Ritzman, 1999). During interactions with the teenagers in small-group settings and 40-minute class periods over 3 weeks, researchers found that many girls were aware of the practices and rules that regulated conversational interactions.…”

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Advancing the Discussion on Communication and Violence

Sanger

Moore-Brown

Alt

2000

Communication Disorders Quarterly

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Violence in schools is a concern of many educators and recently has received increased attention on a local and national level.Despite this attention, the roles of communication and violence have not sufficiently been addressed in discussions on violence. This article includes a review of three studies involving teenage delinquent girls residing in a correctional facility. Major findings from the studies support why educators need to consider the role of communication in relation to violence. Implications, recommendations, and conclusions are offered for speech-language pathologists and other educators involved in planning programs for adolescents involved in violence.

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Female juvenile delinquents' pragmatic awareness of conversational interactions

Cited by 26 publications

References 9 publications

Implications of the Personal Perceptions of Incarcerated Adolescents Concerning Their Own Communicative Competence

Implications of the Personal Perceptions of Incarcerated Adolescents Concerning Their Own Communicative Competence

What's the story? An exploration of narrative language abilities in male juvenile offenders

Advancing the Discussion on Communication and Violence

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