Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Young Offenders: a Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Youth offending is a problem worldwide. Young people in the criminal justice system have frequently experienced adverse childhood circumstances, mental health problems, difficulties regulating emotions and poor quality of life. Mindfulness-based interventions can help people manage problems resulting from these experiences, but their usefulness for youth offending populations is not clear. This review evaluated existing evidence for mindfulness-based interventions among such populations. To be included, each study used an intervention with at least one of the three core components of mindfulness-based stress reduction (breath awareness, body awareness, mindful movement) that was delivered to young people in prison or community rehabilitation programs. No restrictions were placed on methods

SUBMITTER: Simpson S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6153893 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature