What is it about?
This research explores how to create a therapeutic, safe community to treat court-committed youth. The purpose of treatment is to return young people back to their communities as more integrated persons.
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Why is it important?
This research was driven by the young men who were committed to residential care. Their words gave voice to their treatment outcomes.
Perspectives
I believe that treatment of delinquent youth needs to take a trauma-focused approach in order to heal the whole person, to prepare them for life.
Dr. Michael G. Kramer
Metropolitan Mental Health Clinic
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This page is a summary of: Sanctuary in a residential treatment center: creating a therapeutic community of hope countering violence, Therapeutic Communities The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, June 2016, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/tc-01-2015-0005.
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