Staff members in youth correctional facilities (YCFs) serve as primary adults in the lives of
incarcerated youth. They are charged with promoting positive development, supporting …

Secure units for adolescents are emotion-filled places for various reasons, yet previous
studies have shown that fear seems to be an emotion which is difficult to deal with in these …

Youth in juvenile justice facilities are at high risk of self-directed violence (SDV; suicide
attempts and self-harm). Research shows that positive youth perceptions of adults are …

Correctional officers occupy key positions of power and influence in prisons, yet experience
massive stress and perceive themselves as vulnerable. Existing research outlines the …

The role for staff within the residential youth justice facility is an intense one, offering both
reward and challenge. Post-traumatic stress related to serious episodes of violence and …

This article details the various access barriers negotiated by the author in conducting
qualitative interviews with young women in a county-level juvenile justice system. After …

This article focuses on how one staff member at a therapeutic residential institution
negotiates his work identity, exploring how he narrates a violent incident, the formation of …

With social workers' long tradition of involvement in probation, juvenile court, and the prison
system, correctional institutions are a central institutional context in which social work …

This research was motivated by the need to close the gap between normative
conceptualizations of human rights and assumptions about 'bad'children. I have witnessed …

This article examines key sociological questions that are raised by the confinement of
children and young people. Globally, there are approximately one million children held in …