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The juvenile justice system is designed to promote rehabilitation among criminally involvedyouth and to aid in their reintegration into society. Obtaining gainful employment is a criticalcomponent to successful rehabilitation, and, by understanding the impact that the juvenile justicesystem has on adolescent career development, we can promote the formation of vocational goals,promote job-seeking behaviour and help these adolescents overcome the obstacles they mayotherwise face. Unfortunately, very little is known about the career development of adolescentswho are involved with the juvenile justice system, their career goals for the future or the factorsthat influence their choices. The present study was designed to begin to address this gap byqualitatively exploring the types of goals criminally involved youth hold for their futures, and touncover both helping and hindering experiences that contributed to the development andachievement of their goals. Specifically, the Enhanced Critical Incident Technique (ECIT) willbe used to interview a sample of male and female criminally involved youth between the ages of16 and 18 in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. A structured content analysis, followingthe principles of ECIT, will be used to identify participants’ career aspirations and specific kindsof experiences that influenced the formation of those aspirations. The anticipated results are thatcriminally involved youth have a wide range of aspirations that are similar to other people oftheir age, but these aspirations have been negatively affected by their involvement in crime andthe prison system. The implications of these findings for career counselling practice and policiesand programming within juvenile justice institutions, particularly the need to spend more timeand resources to facilitate concrete educational and career planning, will be discussed.Therapeutic Jurisprudence Sessions182. Achieving a More Therapeutic Health Care SystemMeeting the Needs of Patients and their Families in the Aftermath of SeriousClinical Adverse Events/ Medical Errors: Results from a Qualitative EmpiricalEnquiryLodewijk Smeehuijzen, VU University (j.l.smeehuijzen@vu.nl)It is estimated that in Dutch Hospitals each year more than 38,600 patients are confronted withavoidable damage of which more than 1,900 people die. Recent reports show that the needs ofpatients being confronted with adverse outcomes of treatment are often poorly addressed. Thismay result in additional physical and emotional damage and inadequate financial compensationof victims. This paper reports the results of a qualitative empirical study conducted in theNetherlands aiming at identifying the specific needs of patients harmed by treatment andexploring ways to improve the position of patients in the aftermath of (potential) medical errors.Based on 45 interviews with patients and focus groups with stakeholders and expertsrecommendations are formulated to foster effective incident disclosure and to improve themedical injury compensation process.429