Abstract
Each year approximately 48,000 youth are incarcerated in residential placement facilities (YRFs) in the United States. The limited existing literature addressing the workforce in these settings paints a complicated picture. The YRF workforce is highly motivated to work with legal system involved youth. However, YRF staff report high rates of burnout, job fatigue, and work-related stress. The current paper proposes solutions to persistent problems faced by staff in these settings by integrating literature from criminology, organizational psychology, trauma-informed care, and community psychology. In doing so, we highlight previously overlooked aspects of intervention for trauma-organized settings and respond to recent calls for community psychologists to take a more active role in the adaptation of trauma-informed care in community settings. We conclude by advancing three recommendations, drawn from setting-level theory and inspired by the principles of trauma-informed care, to transform YRFs.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Journal | American Journal of Community Psychology |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2019 |
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Keywords
- Juvenile justice
- Settings
- Theory
- Trauma-informed care
- Workforce
- Youth
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health(social science)
- Applied Psychology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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Theorizing Safety Informed Settings : Supporting Staff at Youth Residential Facilities. / Sichel, Corianna E.; Burson, Esther; Javdani, Shabnam; Godfrey, Erin.
In: American Journal of Community Psychology, 01.01.2019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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