Juvenile prostitution and community rehabilitation: An exploratory analysis of beliefs and values

摘要

A community, juvenile prostitution rehabilitation programme in Bogota, Colombia, South America is described; and beliefs and values of the residents were explored. Multiple sorting procedures and multi-dimensional scaling analysis elicited qualitative, structured, self-report data, and investigated cognitive constructs. Participants discriminated between belief-statements along two global dimensions: street-life and prostitution; and rehabilitation. These were comprised of qualitatively different elements. Clinical implications for interventions with this group and the rehabilitation programme are discussed. Copyright (c) 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.