EF_19 Juvenile Delinquency KU Leuven
An initiative to monitor recidivism and desistance in juvenile delinquency trajectories, among other things
An initiative to monitor recidivism and desistance in juvenile delinquency trajectories, among other things
Juvenile justice systems in a number of Western societies oftentimes apply a rehabilitation model known as the ‘Risk Need Responsivity’ (RNR) model. Offender rehabilitation interventions based on the RNR model focus heavily on eliminating empirically derived dynamic risk factors that are directly linked to delinquency and recidivism (i.e., criminogenic risk factors). However, a large proportion of young offenders placed in residential ...
This preliminary investigation focuses on the preparation of structural monitoring and evaluation of the new Flemish decree on juvenile delinquency. It comprises two parts:
-the development of a research design for the structural monitoring and evaluation of Flemish juvenile delinquency law;
-the implementation of a 'zero measurement' about the situation before the decree entered into force.
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In the preliminary study 'Monitoring and evaluation of the Youth Delinquency Decree', the decree objectives were translated into operational objectives and actions and it was indicated how these can be measured on the basis of a number of indicators. Since it is impossible to include all objectives and indicators in the study, a selection has already been made based on policy. A number of objectives have been chosen that are related to phase ...
In this research, an exploratory inventory is made of the functioning and various scientifically substantiated methodologies of the sixteen Flemish services that are recognized for modules of offense-oriented context guidance. We hereby pay attention to the offense-oriented context counseling as an autonomous response, or shared in the context of a 'forensic trajectory' (combination with closed counseling within the community institutions). ...
In this doctorate, the link between executive functions, self-control and juvenile delinquent behavior is investigated. Executive functions is an umbrella term for cognitive processes that guide and control behavior, in order to achieve goals, and is a concept that originates from the (cognitive) psychological field. Self-control, on the other hand, is used in many different fields and is mostly defined as the control over one self’s ...
Since the Child Protection Act of 1912, numerous debates about the adequate response to juvenile delinquency have been held in Belgium, both at the federal level and subsequently at the community level. In 2019, for the first time, the Flemish Community has made choices in the new decree concerning juvenile delinquency. This decree is fundamentally based on the responsibility of young people. Consequently, some new elements have been ...