Violence exposure and health related risk among African American adolescent female detainees: A strategy for reducing recidivism.
Violence exposure and health related risk among African American adolescent female detainees: A strategy for reducing recidivism.
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DOI：
10.1080/10509674.2010.519669
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发表时间：
2010-11
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0.7
通讯作者：
Sanders-Phillips K
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作者：
Woodson KM;Hives C;Sanders-Phillips K
青少年犯罪和暴力受害仍然是重大的社会问题；青少年，特别是女性，由于受到伤害或暴露在暴力环境中，很可能参与与健康有关的危险行为。具体地说，虐待、忽视、性骚扰、贫困和目睹暴力是与创伤相关的精神病理学发展的众所周知的风险因素，以及与犯罪、药物和酒精滥用以及艾滋病毒危险行为相关的不良后果。艾滋病毒感染是一个常见的公共卫生问题，对被拘留的非裔美国青少年女性造成了不成比例的影响。这一独特的人群有严重的暴力暴露史，随后往往会导致从事危险的性行为、心理健康问题和滥用药物。此外，由于很少或根本没有干预，这一群体正在以惊人的速度复发，这一问题可能会进一步加剧非裔美国青少年女性被拘留者中与健康有关的危险行为的表现。作者简要描述了将在青少年司法系统中实施的一项试点计划，该计划基于累积风险模式和积极青年司法模式(Butts，Bazemore和Meroe，2009)。该计划建议通过“积极的青少年发展”减少危险的性行为，教授滥用药物的替代品，治疗精神健康问题，并降低再犯罪率(Butts，Bazemore和Meroe，2009)。该方案将综合服务和再教育的要素结合在一起，解决了青少年被拘留者在整体出狱后可能会对他们的成功产生影响的突出关切。
Juvenile crime and violent victimization continue to be significant social problems; in that, adolescents, females in particular, are likely to participate in health related risk behaviors as result of having been victimized or exposed to a violent environment. Specifically, abuse, neglect, sexual molestation, poverty, and witnessing violence are well known risk factors for the development of trauma-related psychopathology and poor outcomes relative to delinquency, drug and alcohol abuse, and HIV risk behaviors. HIV infection is a common public health concern disproportionally affecting adolescent African American female detainees. This unique population has a serious history of violence exposure, which subsequently tends to lead to engaging in risky sexual behaviors, mental health problems, and abusing substances. Also, as a result of little to no intervention, this population is recidivating at an alarming rate, a problem that may further exacerbate the expression of health-related risk behaviors among African American adolescent female detainees. The authors briefly describe a pilot program to be implemented in the juvenile justice system that is based on the Model of Accumulated Risk,, and the Positive Youth Justice Model (Butts, Bazemore, & Meroe, 2009). The program proposes to reduce risky sexual behaviors, teach alternatives to abusing substances, treat mental health concerns, and reduce the rate of recidivism through “positive youth development”, PYD (Butts, Bazemore, & Meroe, 2009). Tying elements of wraparound services and reeducation together, this program addresses salient concerns that may have an impact on an adolescent detainees’ success following their release from prison in a holistic manner.