Parental Participation in Juvenile Justice Institutions: Parents' Perspectives on Facilitating and Hindering Factors

Background: Participation of parents during their adolescent's detention is important for achieving positive treatment outcomes for youths and their families. To improve parental participation, insight in facilitating or hindering factors is necessary. To this end, we studied the perspectives o...

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Published in:International journal of forensic mental health 2019-04, Vol.18 (2), p.124-137
Main Authors: Simons, Inge, van der Vaart, Wander, Vermeiren, Robert, Rigter, Henk, Breuk, René, van Domburgh, Lieke, Mulder, Eva
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Blocking
delinquent adolescents
Family-centered care
Juvenile justice
Juvenile offenders
parental participation
Parents & parenting
Staff participation
Teenagers
youth detention center
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Summary:Background: Participation of parents during their adolescent's detention is important for achieving positive treatment outcomes for youths and their families. To improve parental participation, insight in facilitating or hindering factors is necessary. To this end, we studied the perspectives of parents of adolescents detained in two juvenile justice institutions in the Netherlands. Methods: Data were collected from 19 purposefully selected parents through semi-structured interviewing. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and imported into ATLAS.ti where data were coded and analyzed. Results: Parental participation is influenced by a variety of factors that could be categorized based on the following themes: (1) practical facilitating or obstructing factors; (2) parent-related emotional and mental factors; and (3) factors concerning issues of the parent-adolescent relationship. Discussion: Insight into the factors which facilitate and obstruct participation might help JJI staff understand differences in parental participation. This may enable them to tailor solutions which would improve parental participation during their adolescent's detention.
ISSN:1499-9013
1932-9903
DOI:10.1080/14999013.2018.1526231