Toward a Trauma-Responsive Juvenile Justice System

Steinberg, J; Lassiter, William L.

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“…[58][59][60][61] Notably, trauma in childhood is associated with increased likelihood of delinquency in adolescence, increased severity of the offenses, and increased likelihood of further involvement with the justice system. 62 Wolff and colleagues 61 examined the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on the risk for recidivism. Their analysis-based primarily on adult data using a Cox hazard model-indicates that greater ACE exposure is associated with higher risk of subsequent arrest and a shorter time to repeated criminal justice involvement.…”

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“…Notably, trauma in childhood is associated with increased likelihood of delinquency in adolescence, increased severity of the offenses, and increased likelihood of further involvement with the justice system 62 . Wolff and colleagues 61 examined the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on the risk for recidivism.…”

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A Perspective for Understanding Trauma and the Criminal Juvenile Justice System: Using a Trauma-Informed Lens for Meaningful and Sustained Change

Moreland

Ressler

2021

Harv Rev Psychiatry

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Trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder are common and are associated with a wide range of negative psychiatric and physical outcomes. Furthermore, a large percentage of justice-involved youth have high rates of trauma exposure and trauma-related symptoms. Addressing these issues would improve outcomes at the level of the justice system overall and in the lives of justice-involved youth. Nonetheless, awareness, education, and implementation of trauma-informed approaches in the criminal juvenile justice system are lacking. This article explores current literature that operationalizes trauma-informed practices and approaches in the criminal and juvenile justice systems. Unfortunately, there is no shared understanding or definition of trauma and no predictability in trauma-informed practices and approaches in the criminal juvenile justice system. Despite the presence of written policies, the application and execution of such policies are limited and inconsistent throughout the system. These limitations contribute to ongoing, systemic institutional racism, lack of mental health or substance abuse treatment, limited diversion options, and unnecessary jail and prison sentences, which together amplify financial and humanitarian costs. We argue that in order for the criminal juvenile justice system to become trauma-informed, it should (1) meet basic needs of clients, (2) check and change narratives, and check underlying assumptions, (3) focus on skill building/habilitation, (4) move away from punishment and toward rehabilitation and humanitarian approaches, and (5) heal and support members that work in and for the system. We conclude that there is a need to improve processes for education, training, and coaching in, and consistent application of, trauma-informed practices and approaches within the criminal and juvenile justice systems.

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Section: The Importance Of Appreciating and Understanding Trauma For ...mentioning

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Section: The Importance Of Appreciating and Understanding Trauma For ...mentioning

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A Perspective for Understanding Trauma and the Criminal Juvenile Justice System: Using a Trauma-Informed Lens for Meaningful and Sustained Change

Moreland

Ressler

2021

Harv Rev Psychiatry

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“…As many are considering changes in structure and a trauma-informed approach to support addressing toxic stress in childhood, the article by Starsoneck and Ake examines innovative and proactive designs related to North Carolina's domestic violence response [31], and Idzikowski and Zachary look at available payment mechanisms for mobile crisis response teams under EPSDT and Medicaid, while acknowledging preventive mental health care is critical [32]. Steinberg and Lassiter explain how the Juvenile Justice Section of North Carolina's Department of Public Safety is working toward becoming trauma-informed [33], and Murphy discusses the role of payers in supporting ACE-informed, evidence-based treatment [34]. Innovation is emerging with this change in mindset throughout the nation, the state, and many localities including but not limited to Watauga, Buncombe, Cumberland, New Hanover, Edgecombe, and Halifax counties.…”

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Responding to Adverse Childhood Experiences

Kimple

Kansagra

2018

North Carolina Medical Journal

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In working to improve the health of North Carolinians, a broader emphasis has been placed on determinants of health, or non-medical drivers of health. Critical examples of health determinants are adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, that affect early brain development and lifelong health and function. Multiple organizations and communities have come together to acknowledge the importance of prevention, address toxic stress and trauma in childhood, promote resiliency and trauma-informed care, and invest in the future of North Carolina through its children. This issue of the NCMJ highlights the prevalence and magnitude of ACEs in North Carolina and the effects on our children and the impact into adulthood, and how people and communities can come together to improve public health over the life course by addressing ACEs.

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The Forgotten Child

Coker

2022

Research Anthology on Interventions in Student Behavior and Misconduct

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The purpose of this chapter is twofold: explore problems in juvenile delinquency and derive a macrobarrier to change. Juvenile delinquents have histories and complex needs which are poorly understood by educators. A barrier is the failure to understand the needs of juvenile delinquents through the leader-member exchange. Understanding the plight of juvenile delinquents serves as the microcosm for the macrobarrier of absorptive capacity. Leadership is the driving force which defines absorptive capacity. Futures studies, not solutions rooted in the past, should define the second-ordered change necessary to improve online and remote work. Three futures are offered, and a framework to develop strategic thinking gives a path to improved learning outcomes.

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Toward a Trauma-Responsive Juvenile Justice System

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A Perspective for Understanding Trauma and the Criminal Juvenile Justice System: Using a Trauma-Informed Lens for Meaningful and Sustained Change

A Perspective for Understanding Trauma and the Criminal Juvenile Justice System: Using a Trauma-Informed Lens for Meaningful and Sustained Change

Responding to Adverse Childhood Experiences

The Forgotten Child

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