Research on Pathways to Desistance [Maricopa County, AZ and Philadelphia County, PA]: Release Measures, 2000-2010 [Restricted] (ICPSR 34488)

Version Date: Jan 9, 2014

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Principal Investigator(s):
Edward P. Mulvey, University of Pittsburgh

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34488.v2

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Alternate Title

Pathways to Desistance (Release)

Summary

The Pathways to Desistance study was a multi-site study that followed 1,354 serious juvenile offenders from adolescence to young adulthood in two locales between the years 2000 and 2010. Enrolled into the study were adjudicated youths from the juvenile and adult court systems in Maricopa County (Phoenix), Arizona (N=654) and Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (N=700).

The Release data portion of the Pathways study contains information from 1,130 interviews ("release interviews") reflecting the youths' perceptions regarding various aspects of the residential experience and institutional environment (e.g., accounts of program operations and services provided, ratings regarding the participant's feelings of his or her safety in the facility). The release interview was conducted within 30 days prior to or after release from a facility and in a separate session apart from the time point interview. This was done to minimize the burden on the research participant and to ensure adequate attention to institutional ratings. The restricted time period within which to conduct the release interview reduced the likelihood that intervening events and experiences would skew the participant's recall of the stay.

Study participants could contribute more than one release interview, depending upon the number of institutional placements he/she had over the seven-year follow-up period. The current release data reflects ratings from 686 unique individuals. It should be recognized that not every institutional stay for every youth produced a release interview. On the basis of the number of reported institutional stays in the sample, it is estimated that a release interview was obtained for approximately 54 percent of the total number of residential stays experienced by study participants. Release interviews were missed if the research interviewer was not aware of the institutional stay (e.g. it occurred between time point interviews) or if the interviewer only became aware of the institutional stay at a point that was too late to schedule a release interview within the required window surrounding the release date.

The 686 individuals reflected in the release data represent 51 percent of the Pathway study participants (n=1,354) and 56 percent of Pathways participants who had a least one institutional stay (n=1,234; 120 Pathways youths had no institutional stays). On average, these 686 youths had 1.6 interviews. The number of interviews per unique person ranges from one to eight.

Citation

Mulvey, Edward P. Research on Pathways to Desistance [Maricopa County, AZ and Philadelphia County, PA]: Release Measures, 2000-2010 [Restricted]. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2014-01-09. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34488.v2

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Funding

Arizona Juvenile Justice Commission (JBISA01224400), John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (2001-J05-011944, 2002-J04-13032, 2003-J04-14560, 2004-J04-15849, 2005-J04-17071, 2006-J04-18272), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (043357), United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01 DA019697 01 - 05), United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice (1999-IJ-CX-0053, 2008-IJ-CX-0023), United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (2000-MU-MU-0007, 2005-JK-FX-K001, 2007-MU-FX-0002), William Penn Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation (99-2009-099)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Restrictions

Access to the Pathways Release data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research. Apply for access to these data through the ICPSR data access request system portal, which can be accessed via the study home page. See the ICPSR data access request system portal for information and instructions.

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2000 -- 2010

Data Collection Notes

  1. More information about the Pathways series is available on the Pathways to Desistance Web site.

  2. Other contributors to the Pathways to Desistance study:

    • Carol A. Schubert, University of Pittsburgh (Study Director)
    • Laurie Chassin, Ph.D., Arizona State University (Co-Investigator)
    • George P. Knight, Ph.D., Arizona State University (Co-Investigator)
    • Sandra Losoya, Ph.D., Arizona State University (Site Coordinator)
    • Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D., Temple University (Co-Investigator)
    • Robert Brame, Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Charlotte
    • Elizabeth Cauffman, Ph.D., University of California-Irvine (Co-Investigator)
    • Jeffrey Fagan, Ph.D., Columbia University
    • Alex Piquero, Ph.D., Florida State University

  3. There are multiple ID variables in the dataset serving different purposes.

    • LINEID: A variable to order the dataset and return the file to its original order.
    • R0CASEID: Original variable created by the principal investigator which is a combination of CASEID and INTNUM.
    • CASEID: The subject's assigned ID number used throughout the Pathway's studies.
    • INTNUM: The ordered interview number of the subject.
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Time Method

Longitudinal: Panel

Universe

Youths 14-19 years of age from the juvenile and adult court systems in Maricopa County (Phoenix), Arizona, and Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania from November 2000 to April 2003.

Unit(s) of Observation

individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Presence of Common Scales

This study used multiple scales. More detailed information about the scales is available on the Constructs page of the Pathways to Desistance Web site.

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Original Release Date

2013-02-19

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Mulvey, Edward P. Research on Pathways to Desistance [Maricopa County, AZ and Philadelphia County, PA]: Release Measures, 2000-2010 [Restricted]. ICPSR34488-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2014-01-09. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34488.v2

2014-01-09 A PDF codebook is now available to the public for download in order for users to see the variables and frequencies of this data file.

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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

  • One or more files in this data collection have special restrictions. Restricted data files are not available for direct download from the website; click on the Restricted Data button to learn more.