RT Article
T1 Small-scale, Community-Embedded Youth Justice Facilities: Lessons from Dutch Reforms and Recommendations for Cross-Jurisdictional Implementation
JF The prison journal
VO 103
IS 5
SP 679
OP 701
A1 Souverein, Fleur
A2 Oostermeijer, Sanne
A2 Johns, Diana
A2 Ross, Stuart
A2 van Domburgh, Lieke
A2 Popma, Arne
A2 Mulder, Eva
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1867417081
AB Youth justice settings should provide safe, therapeutic environments, tailored to young people's needs. Current custodial models rarely meet these aims, mainly because a focus on security tends to outweigh an emphasis on care, diminishing rather than encouraging young people's positive development. This article reports on a three-year evaluation of youth justice reforms in the Netherlands, including small-scale, community-embedded facilities with an emphasis on relational security. We outline key operational elements and conditions for implementation of these facilities to provide guidance for youth justice professionals, and for managers and policymakers seeking to promote political and financial investments in effective youth justice strategies.
K1 youth development
K1 relational security
K1 community-embedded facility
K1 Youth Justice
DO 10.1177/00328855231200638