Juvenile Delinquency and Rehabilitation

The Good Lives Model is an upcoming theoretical rehabilitation framework that is used increasingly in juvenile offender rehabilitation. This book provides in-depth knowledge about the Good Lives Model, its underlying theories, and how it differs from traditional rehabilitation methods. Furthermore it helps to gain a better understanding of the underlying causes of criminal behavior in juveniles, and the challenges they face in reintegrating into society. It combines state-of-the art theoretical literature reviews with both qualitative and quantitative scientific research methods to comprehensively assess the applicability of the Good Lives Model with adolescents.
Juvenile Delinquency and Rehabilitation is a valuable book for professionals and researchers working in or studying the field of juvenile justice and youth care.

Colinda M.B. Serie holds a Master’s degree in ‘Forensic Psychology’ and in ‘Psychology & Law’, both obtained ‘cum laude’ in 2014 at Maastricht University (NL). In 2022 she obtained a double doctorate degree in Criminology and Psychology from the Catholic University Leuven (BE) and Maastricht University (NL). She now works in closed residential youth care and a small-scale juvenile justice institution as a treatment coordinator.