Scholarship highlights the importance of visitation in improving the lives of prisoners across numerous domains including mental health, adjustment to confinement, and postrelease success. Although research on adult inmates has examined factors that predict visitation, no such study exists for juvenile offenders. Moreover, because this existing research has relied largely on administrative data, no study has examined how family and social contexts affect visitation. Using data collected on 2,345 youth who completed residential placement in Florida, the current study examined how qualities and histories of offenders and their families affect the likelihood, consistency, and sequencing of visits for juvenile offenders. The results suggest that youth’s demographics and offending histories, as well as their family backgrounds and relationships, affect visitation. Directions for future research and implications for policy and practice are discussed.

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所有家庭成员：对未成年犯的探望预测因素的检验

奖学金凸显了探视在改善众多领域的囚犯生活中的重要性，这些领域包括心理健康，适应禁闭和释放成功。尽管对成年囚犯的研究已经检查了预测探视的因素，但对于未成年罪犯没有此类研究。此外，由于此现有研究主要依赖于行政数据，因此没有研究检查家庭和社会环境如何影响探视。根据对2345名在佛罗里达州完成居住安置的年轻人的数据收集，当前的研究调查了罪犯及其家人的素质和历史如何影响少年犯探视的可能性，一致性和顺序。结果表明，年轻人的人口统计资料和犯罪历史以及他们的家庭背景和人际关系，影响访问。讨论了未来研究的方向以及对政策和实践的意义。