TY - JOUR
AU1 - Baetz, Carly Lyn
AU2 - Surko, Michael
AU3 - Guo, Fei
AU4 - Marr, Mollie
AU5 - Workman, Sara
AU6 - Havens, Jennifer
AU7 - Horwitz, Sarah McCue
AB - Few studies have examined the impact of trauma-specific interventions in juvenile justice settings, and juvenile justice-related outcomes are infrequently assessed. This study examined the impact of implementing youth skills groups (Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation [STAIR]) and trauma training for staff (Think Trauma) on individual-level assaults in two secure detention facilities. The impact of the intervention was primarily evidenced in one facility among Black youth. In the same facility, the staff training (pre-skills groups) cohort and skills group cohort (post-staff training) evidenced a significantly greater reduction in violent incident rates as compared to the pre-intervention cohort. These findings highlight the importance of trauma-focused training for staff as a promising step toward reducing violence and improving staff members’ responses to a large subset of vulnerable youth.
TI - An Evaluation of a Trauma-Informed Intervention in Secure Juvenile Detention: The Impact on Youth-Level Incidents of Violence
JF - Criminal Justice and Behavior: An International Journal
DO - 10.1177/00938548241297281
DA - 2025-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/an-evaluation-of-a-trauma-informed-intervention-in-secure-juvenile-PCOjXGgCP4
SP - 716
EP - 733
VL - 52
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -