RT Article
T1 A Tailored Approach for Justice Involved Youth With an Intellectual Disability: The Suitability of a Small-Scale Community-Integrated Approach
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 69
IS 8
SP 1039
OP 1056
A1 Meijer, Julia J.
A2 Souverein, Fleur
A2 Collot d’Escury, Annematt M.
A2 de Heide, Bram W. F.
A2 Koopman, Laura A. C. M.
A2 van Domburgh, Lieke
A2 Mulder, Eva
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1924905701
AB Youngsters with intellectual disabilities are overinvolved within the youth justice system. The aim of this study was to explore the suitability of a small-scale community-integrated approach for justice involved youngsters with intellectual disabilities. This study compared the numbers of transfers, the number, type, and rate of change in incidents, and the possible mediating effect of resilience thereon, between 40 youngsters with and 19 youngsters without intellectual disabilities, placed in a small-scale facility. There were no differences in the number of transfers, the number, type, and rate of change in incidents, and no mediating effect of resilience was found. A small-scale community integrated approach for youth justice facilities can be suited to provide tailored placement for youngsters with intellectual disabilities, given the presence of protective factors and motivation. Both youngsters with and without intellectual disabilities showed a low number of incidents and were able to continue or initiate structural daytime activities.
K1 smallscale
K1 tailored placement
K1 youth justice facilities
K1 community-integrated
K1 mild-to-borderline intellectual disabilities
K1 justice involved youth
DO 10.1177/0306624X231159875