Evaluating Program Enhancements for Mentors Working with Children of Incarcerated Parents (COIP), United States, 2016-2020 (ICPSR 38055)
The Impact of Juvenile Correctional Confinement on the Transition to Adulthood and Desistance from Crime, 1994-2008 [United States] (ICPSR 36401)
These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.
To assess "double transition" (the transition from confinement to community in addition to the transition from adolescence to adulthood), the study used nationally representative data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) to compare psychosocial maturity for three groups: approximately 162 adolescents placed in correctional confinement, 398 young adults who reported an arrest before age 18 but no juvenile correctional confinement, and 11,614 youths who reported no arrests before age 18.
Three dimensions of psychosocial maturity (responsibility, temperance, and perspective) were assessed at Waves 1 (baseline) and Wave 3 (post-confinement) in models assessing the effects of confinement on the attainment (or non-attainment) of markers of successful transition to adulthood at Wave 4.
Results were contextualized with data from the Survey of Youth in Residential Facilities and discussed with respect to the role of confinement in interrupting the development of psychosocial maturity in the transition to adulthood and for young adult attainment more generally.
There are no data files available with this study. Only syntax files used by the researchers are provided.
Longitudinal Study of Biosocial Factors Related to Crime and Delinquency, 1959-1962: [Pennsylvania] (ICPSR 8928)
Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Survey), 2007 (ICPSR 22480)
Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Survey), 2008 (ICPSR 25382)
Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Survey), 2009 (ICPSR 28401)
Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Survey), 2010 (ICPSR 30985)
Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Survey), 2011 (ICPSR 34409)
Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Survey), 2012 (ICPSR 34861)
Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Survey), 2013 (ICPSR 35218)
Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Survey), 2014 (ICPSR 36263)
Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Survey), 2015 (ICPSR 36408)
Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Survey), 2016 (ICPSR 36798)
Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Survey), 2017 (ICPSR 37182)
Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Survey), 2021 (ICPSR 38503)
This survey of 12th-grade students is part of a series that explores changes in important values, behaviors, and lifestyle orientations of contemporary American youth. Students are randomly assigned to complete one of six questionnaires, each with a different subset of topical questions, but all containing a set of "core" questions on demographics and drug use. There are about 1,400 variables across the questionnaires. Drugs covered by this survey include tobacco, smokeless tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, hashish, prescription medications, over-the-counter medications, LSD, hallucinogens, amphetamines (stimulants), Ritalin (methylphenidate), Quaaludes (methaqualone), barbiturates (tranquilizers), cocaine, crack cocaine, GHB (gamma hydroxy butyrate), ecstasy, methamphetamine, and heroin. Other topics include attitudes toward religion, changing roles for women, educational aspirations, self-esteem, exposure to drug education, and violence and crime (both in and out of school).
Highlights for 2021:
- Data collection resumed in 2021, with a change to all web-based surveys.
- Students completed the surveys on their personal or school-provided device.
- Non-survey variables have been changed or added to facilitate analyses. For details, please see the codebook section "MTF Variable Information - Non-survey variables included in the data files - Survey mode and design variables for 2021"
- Information about "screen break" issues, where series of questions were originally presented differently in the web-based survey as compared to the 2019/2020 tablet surveys. Please see the codebook and Appendix D for details.
- For 12th grade: two additional changes to the survey presentation. Please see the codebook section "MTF Variable Information - Non-survey variables included in the data files", and respective appendices for details.
- Introduction of randomized blocks of questions presented to students. Please see Appendix E.
- Test of presentation of items in the substance use consequences section on form 3. Please see Appendix F.
- Additional information is documented in the MTFQchanges2021byForm.pdf and MTFQchanges2021byType.pdf files available for download.