To investigate the link between attachment to parents and delinquency, and the potential
moderating effects of age and sex, 74 published and unpublished manuscripts (N= 55,537 …

Children and adolescents with histories of traumatic exposure comprise a substantial portion
of youth in residential treatment programs. However, until recently, little has been known …

We investigated the 2010 year prevalence of child sexual abuse (CSA) in residential and
foster care and compared it with prevalence rates in the general population. We used two …

Background There is limited evidence on how Therapeutic Residential Care (TRC) achieves
treatment goals: TRC remains too much of a “black box”. We need to know more about how …

This study evaluates the influence of animal-assisted therapy (AAT) on the attachment
representations of a group of adolescents in residential care who suffered traumatic …

Out-of-home placement may not always protect children against violence or maltreatment.
We investigated the prevalence rates of physical abuse of adolescents in different types of …

Adolescents in residential treatment settings have symptoms that prevent them from
participation in normal youth activities, which in turn prevent development of social skills and …

This article summarizes the development and validation of the Adult Attachment Projective
System (AAP), a measure we developed from the Bowlby–Ainsworth developmental …

Background Physical and mechanical restraints used in treatment, care, education, and
corrections programs for children are high-risk interventions primarily due to their adverse …

The family environment has consistently been linked to childhood conduct problems and the
development of serious delinquent behavior among youth. This chapter provides a brief …