delinquency, and in some cases increased delinquency" (Dodge, 11). Interventions -- Group Therapy is Effective Taking issue with Dodge -- in fact, showing diametrically opposite results from Dodge's assertions -- is a white paper produced by the American Group Psychotherapy Association (Aronson, et al
Kenneth Dodge and colleagues posit that placing violence adolescents in group therapy sessions is a mistake. It is one of the most "robust findings" in the literature on juvenile delinquency that "exposure to deviant peers" is linked to antisocial behaviors including drug use and "violent offenses" (Dodge, et al
Teen Violence Introduction / Group Population Many verifiable studies reflect the fact that children that are aggressive at a very young age have a "high risk" of becoming involved in "chronic violent behavior" later in their lives (Herrenkohl, et al
There were four group sessions, and from those sessions researchers learned when these youth feel safe, what the terms they use actually meant, and what priorities are needed in terms of developing violence-preventing interventions. Hence, these sessions were not psychological therapeutic events; they were group screening sessions to determine what interventions would be appropriate for black young people impacted by dating violence (Martin, et al
Peace Posse -- Interventions for Violent Youth Environments The peer-reviewed journal The Urban Review reports on a situation in Philadelphia in which teen violence was becoming an enormous social problem. For example, the group Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) took action after its research showed that 74% of young people in one survey had "witnessed a violent act and 48% had been hurt directly by some form of violence" (Reichert, et al
The group leader must adopt an "active therapeutic stance" and "speak plainly and authentically avoiding "the use of jargon" because jargon will indicate to the adolescents that this is "another adult who does not 'get' where the adolescent is coming from (Aronson, 99). Intervention -- The Step Up Intervention in Minnesota The Step Up program, a curriculum for teens that play out violence at home, is a program that includes group therapy using a cognitive behavioral approach and attempts to teach "respectful ways of communicating and solving conflict with family members" (Routt, et al