The challenge and opportunity of parental involvement in juvenile justice services

Jeffrey D. Burke, Edward P. Mulvey, Carol A. Schubert and Sara R. Garbin

Children and Youth Services Review, 2014, vol. 39, issue C, 39-47

Abstract: The active involvement of parents – whether as recipients, extenders, or managers of services – during their youth's experience with the juvenile justice system is widely assumed to be crucial. Parents and family advocacy groups note persisting concerns with the degree to which successful parental involvement is achieved. Justice system providers are highly motivated and actively working to make improvements. These coalescing interests provide a strong motivation for innovation and improvement regarding family involvement, but the likely success of these efforts is severely limited by the absence of any detailed definition of parental involvement or validated measure of this construct. Determining whether and how parental involvement works in juvenile justice services depends on the development of clear models and sound measurement.

Keywords: Parental involvement; Child services; Juvenile justice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.01.007

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