Abstract
When it comes to transitioning successfully from custody and to adulthood, a range of personal skills critically effect transitions. This chapter explores these issues under the broader heading of independence and attitudes. Independence refers to the development of the personal and social skills that support children and young people in their transition to adulthood (Montgomery et al. 2006), including communication, employability and emotional regulation. The role of independence and attitudes to the successful transition and resettlement of young people from custodial environments is paramount, with the research data and prior literature both suggesting that these skills are not being successfully developed within the STC.
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These distinctions do have implications for social impact measurement research in this area however, as different scales have been developed and validated for general self-efficacy and resilience, in addition to the self-regulative efficacy and proactive coping inventory scales discussed in Chap. 4.
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Platinum rooms offer young people the opportunity to spend time in a separate area with cooking facilities attached.
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Staff members delivering restorative practices, mediation services and offence-based work, require appropriate training (for example, staff require restorative practices training before facilitating restorative justice conferences, restorative meetings or victim awareness packages).
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Paterson-Young, C., Hazenberg, R., Bajwa-Patel, M. (2019). Independence and Attitudes. In: The Social Impact of Custody on Young People in the Criminal Justice System. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18422-3_7
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