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35 - How Best to Serve Court-Involved Youth in Schools

from Part VII - Special Populations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2020

By
James R. Andretta
Edited by
Frank C. Worrell ,
Tammy L. Hughes  and
Dante D. Dixson
Frank C. Worrell
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
Tammy L. Hughes
Affiliation:
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh
Dante D. Dixson
Affiliation:
Michigan State University
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Summary

As justice-involved youth often require intensive and individualized support, it is important for school personnel to be knowledgeable of juvenile justice parameters and theoretical frameworks that are used with this population. Individuals involved in developing school-based interventions should be aware of (a) the historical and contemporary contexts of both the educational and juvenile justice systems, with a focus on disproportionate contact; (b) the risk, need, and responsivity (RNR) model, as it provides a theoretical framework for criminal behavior and yields insight into contemporary justice-based programming; and (c) the juvenile adjudicative process and how schools might become involved. This knowledge base will help school-based personnel facilitate rehabilitation, avoid arbitrary punitiveness, and work collaboratively with court officials when appropriate.

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disproportionate minority contactschool-to-prison pipelinejuvenile justice adjudicationrisk, need, and responsivityUS education historyUS juvenile justice history
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The Cambridge Handbook of Applied School Psychology , pp. 613 - 633
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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