The Cuyahoga County Community Mental Health Research Institute: an academic-public mental health research partnership
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Issues concerning the research goals of the Cuyahoga County Community Mental Health Research Institute are examined, focusing on its role as a public-academic partnership and the challenges it has faced in implementing its research findings. Topics include the institute's founding in 1994; its goals for mental health service, education, and research; community relations; organizational structure and funding; accomplishments; barriers to implementing research findings; and the institute's impact on policy.
Publication Name: Research on Social Work Practice
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1049-7315
Year: 2001
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Dependent youth in juvenile justice: Do positive peer culture programs work for victims of child maltreatment?
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A study was conducted to identify and determine the individual and group-level factors associated with recidivism for children in a long term Positive Peer Culture (PPC) program. Results indicated that youth with a history of physical abuse and neglect were more likely to have a subsequent arrest indicating that PPC programs may not be the most effective strategy for dependent youth in the juvenile justice system.
Publication Name: Research on Social Work Practice
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1049-7315
Year: 2006
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Reintegration services and the likelihood of adult imprisonment: a longitudinal study of adjudicated delinquents
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Issues concerning techniques used to decrease the risk of juvenile delinquent males from being incarcerated as adults are examined, focusing on the efficacy of reintegrational services. Topics include the conclusion that reintegration services decrease the likelihood of future incarceration, types of offenses committed, and implications for social work practice.
Publication Name: Research on Social Work Practice
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1049-7315
Year: 2001
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