From Juvenile Justice Information Exchange:
Traumatic brain injury among juvenile offenders will be assessed as part of a three-year research project that’s slated to enroll the first of roughly 110 youth and young adult study participants in Florida as early as late January. Ultimately, the study aims to determine which TBI treatments might help keep those youth from cycling in and out of detention, complete their education and succeed at work.
The upcoming probe follows several previous studies suggesting that as many as 60% of men incarcerated in U.S. prisons had such head injuries.
The research to detect TBIs in juveniles will involve youth from five Florida detention facilities run by Youth Opportunity Investments, a private company that says its rehabilitation programs are trauma-informed, taking into consideration detainees, physical, mental and behavioral histories. Its services include mental and behavioral health counseling. Continue reading >>>
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