Living Situation of Juveniles After Secure Residential Treatment: Exploring the Role of Family Centeredness, Child, and Family Factors

Jorinde L. Broekhoven, Lieke van Domburgh*, Floor van Santvoort, Jessica J. Asscher, Inge Simons, Annemarieke M.M.M. Blankestein, Gonnie Albrecht, Rachel E.A. van der Rijken, Arne Popma

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Abstract

To promote the return of juveniles to a home-like environment (e.g. living with (foster)parents) after secure residential treatment (SRT), it is important to know which factors are related to this outcome. The current study examined which characteristics of the juvenile, family, and SRT, including family centeredness and use of systemic interventions, are related to the living situation after discharge. For 259 juveniles (mean age 15.82 years, 127 girls) in SRT and their parents, questionnaires were administered at admission, discharge, and 6-months follow-up. Furthermore, information about the living situation before and after SRT was gathered. Higher likelihood of living in a home-like setting after SRT correlated with more furlough moments with parents, receiving a systemic intervention, and a shorter duration of the SRT. Systemic interventions during SRT and spending furlough moments with parents may have a positive impact on returning to a home-like situation after SRT for juveniles.

Original languageEnglish
JournalInternational Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 22 Nov 2023

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Funding

The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: We received funding from the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) grant number 729300014, stichting Gereformeerd Burgerweesthuis (affiliated with iHUB), Couvee Fonds (affiliated with Pluryn), and Levvel.

FundersFunder number
Couvee Fonds
ZonMw729300014

    Keywords

    • closed care
    • family centered
    • juveniles
    • residential care
    • systemic intervention
    • youth care

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