News tagged with young offenders
New research finds sport is effective in reducing reoffending rates
A new research project into the role of sport in rehabilitating young prisoners has found that sport can be effective in reducing the reconviction rate of offenders.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Are sex offenders and lads' mags using the same language?
(Medical Xpress) -- Psychologists from Middlesex University and the University of Surrey found that when presented with descriptions of women taken from lads’ mags, and comments about women made by convicted rapists, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Secluding aggressive young offenders is always the last resort says four-country study
Seclusion should always be the last resort when it comes to dealing with aggressive episodes involving young offenders with psychiatric disorders, according to staff who took part in a four-country study published in the ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 03, 2011 |
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Concern over traumatic brain injury in youth offenders
A new study of young offenders has revealed they have a significantly higher rate of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) than that expected in society as a whole.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Young offenders' health critical to rehabilitation
The physical and mental health needs of juvenile offenders should be treated as a priority if offenders held in detention have any real hope of rehabilitation, according to new research from the University of Adelaide, Australia.
Jun 19, 2009 |
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