Based on Research Conducted at OSLC
An examination of the continuing effect of a family’s involvement with the juvenile system and the long-term results of the residential treatment the boys may have received.
Project Overview
This study was a continuation of the Residential Care Study. In the original study, 79 male juvenile offenders ages 12 to 18 who had been designated for out-of-home placement by the juvenile court were randomly assigned to two conditions: (1) placement in Treatment Foster Care (TFC) or (2) placement in other community group care programs. This later study was designed to learn more about the continuing effect of a family’s involvement with the juvenile system and the long-term results of the residential treatment the boys may have received. Specifically, the object of the yearly interviews was to see how young men who have been involved in the juvenile system adjust to becoming adults and living on their own.
The participants were in their 20’s and lived in a variety of settings, including on their own, with parents and/or romantic partners, and in correctional facilities. The study included monthly interviews with the young men, and yearly interviews with the men, their parents, best friends, and romantic partners.
Funder: National Institute of Mental Health