title: A qualitative study of relationships among parenting strategies, social capital, the juvenile justice system, and mental health care for at-risk African American male youth.
abstract: For many poor, African American families living in the inner city, the juvenile justice system has become a de facto mental health service provider. In this article, longitudinal, ethnographic study methods were used to examine how resource-deprived, inner-city parents in a New York City community relied on the juvenile justice system to provide their African American male children with mental health care resources. The results of three case studies indicate that this strategy actually contributed to an escalation in delinquency among the youth.
authors: Department of African American Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, USA. jorichardson@aasp.umd.edu
authors: Joseph B
authors: JB
authors: Richardson
authors: Mischelle Van
authors: MV
authors: Brakle
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000208:ethnology*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services; D009519:New York City; D016487:Parenting; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012944:Social Support