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    Voices of resilience : female experiences in and out of youth justice residence : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Social Work at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand
    (Massey University, 2019) Goodwin, Jamie Marie
    This project critically examines the notion that young women experience being admitted to a youth justice residence as turning point in their lives as well as their experiences of transition back to the community. Residential care has the potential to be a fundamental agent of change for serious female youth offenders. Retrospectively, understanding the experiences and knowledge of female young people who have been through the youth justice residential care system is essential in order for professionals working in this field to be able to respond to their needs and engage in purposeful and meaningful interventions. Understanding the way females transition back to the community from residence provides information about how the system supports young women to transition into young adult/adulthood and build on the change they created while they were in residence. The retrospective lens that was used for this project will draw on the experiences of former female residents of youth justice residential care and their transition back into the community. Prospective participants were recruited using key informants, Facebook and snowball sampling methods. A small group of participants were interviewed about their experiences, knowledge, issues and solutions for the youth justice system in New Zealand. Data collection was carried out utilising semistructured interviews applying a descriptive interview approach, with a total of six interviews that were completed, transcribed and approved for use by the research participants. The thematic analysis that was used to analyse the data helped to create the key themes to present the findings and discussion chapters. The key findings from that data that was discussed further include the findings that contribute to the knowledge about female youth offenders and their life experiences that led to their involvement in the youth justice system; how their sense of self developed throughout their time in the system; the impact and support the youth justice residence provided for young women; the experiences of transition back to the community and the support that was provided during this process; and lastly the implications these findings have for social work practice within the system as a whole, for youth justice residence, and for transition services. The participant experiences highlight how the youth justice system responds to its responsibility to successfully develop the wellbeing of young women to create lives they are proud of.
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    The development of self monitoring of behaviour by delinquent girls in residential care : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University
    (Massey University, 1981) Watson, John Charles
    The use of the methods of applied behaviour analysis to provide the basis of treatment programmes for delinquent youth has expanded over the past decade. These techniques appear to be adaptable to a wide variety of residential and community based settings. The token economy probably enjoys the widest use of all the programme alternatives. It has been found however, that when token programmes have been withdrawn, the maintenance of the behaviour change typically deteriorates. In an attempt to overcome this, self evaluation procedures can be an effective aid in maintaining behaviour after reinforcement contingencies have been withdrawn. This thesis reports on the introduction of behavioural self evaluation into a token programme with delinquent girls in a residential setting. In order to develop an accurate behavioural self evaluation and reporting procedure which established and maintained appropriate levels of behaviour, a matching procedure initially with contingent points for both accuracy of matching and behavioural performance was used. Girls rapidly learned to accurately assess their behaviour and maintain both assessments and behaviour at criterion levels. The matching procedure was withdrawn after criteria levels of 80 percent accuracy were maintained. Random checks that followed revealed accuracy and behavioural performance were maintained during periods of contingent reinforcement, and for a short period after reinforcement was withdrawn.