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Youthful offending and delinquency: the comorbid impact of maltreatment, mental health problems, and learning disabilities
- Author:
- MALLETT Christopher A.
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 31(4), 2014, pp.369-392.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This paper reviews the links from mental health disorders, learning (and academic-related) disabilities, and maltreatment victimizations to delinquent and serious youthful offending behaviours, and provides successful collaboration outcome examples to address this problem. The most difficult challenge to juvenile courts and youth-caring systems is working with adolescents and families with comorbid difficulties, for this group is most at risk for incarceration and involvement with the adult criminal justice system. (Edited publisher abstract)
The “learning disabilities to juvenile detention” pipeline: a case study
- Author:
- MALLETT Christopher A.
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Schools, 36(3), 2014, pp.147-154.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Adolescents becoming formally involved with a juvenile court because of school-related behaviour and discipline problems is a phenomenon known as the school-to-prison pipeline. Adolescents with learning disabilities are disproportionately represented within this pipeline. A study was conducted to review the outcomes for a population of youthful offenders (n = 433) in two juvenile courts in the Midwest, and it was found that youthful offenders with learning disabilities, when compared with nondisabled youthful offenders, were more likely to be suspended from school, were adjudicated delinquent at younger ages, and were more frequently held in detention centres. These outcomes are all risk factors for ongoing delinquent behaviours and, for some, eventual adult criminal court involvement. It is recommended that the juvenile courts continue to shift toward a rehabilitative paradigm in working with this more vulnerable offender population, including increased use of social workers. (Edited publisher abstract)