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Assessing the Effectiveness of Four Juvenile Justice Interventions on Adult Criminal Justice and Child Welfare Outcomes, Ohio, 2004-2008 (ICPSR 36130)
Callahan, Lisa
Callahan, Lisa
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.
This study compared the adult criminal justice and child welfare system outcomes of four pathways through the juvenile justice system - Traditional Probation, Intensive Probation, Specialty Court Docket (Crossroads Program), and commitment to state youth correction services (Department of Youth Services). The study compared the effectiveness of a continuum of services and supervision in improving public safety, including re-arrest and re-incarceration, and in improving outcomes in engagement with child welfare as parents, including child welfare complaints and dispositions.
The core research question is: "what is the relative effectiveness of four different juvenile justice interventions on improving public safety and child welfare outcomes?" The study population is all youths (n=2581) who entered the juvenile court from 2004-2008. It then included 7-10 years of follow-up in the adult justice and child welfare systems for all youths. The four interventions are on a continuum of intensity of services and supervision with Traditional Probation having the fewest services followed by Intensive Probation, Crossroads, and Division of Youth Services commitment.
The study's deposits include 14 SPSS data files:
arrest_final.sav
CW_Custody_Adult_final.sav
CW_Custody_child_final.sav
CW_Intakes_Adult_final.sav
CW_Intakes_child_final.sav
CW_Placements_adult_final.sav
CW_Placements_child_final.sav
General_final.sav
Jail_final.sav
JC_charges_final.sav
JC_detention_final.sav
JC_disposition_final.sav
JC_Gal_final.sav
prison_final.sav
2018-03-21
2.
Assessing the Impact of a Graduated Response Approach for Youth in the Maryland Juvenile Justice System, 2013-2017 (ICPSR 37617)
Farrell, Jill L.
Farrell, Jill L.
The Accountability and Incentives Management (AIM) system is a graduated response system that was implemented by the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services (DJS) to promote supervision compliance and reduce rates of supervision violations and recidivism, among other juvenile justice-related outcomes. The purpose of this study was to assess AIM's implementation and outcomes. The treatment group (or AIM group) included adjudicated youths who started/completed probation or aftercare supervision with DJS between November 1, 2015 and October 30, 2017. A comparison group was comprised of youth who were supervised prior to AIM implementation (July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2015).
Data were gathered from de-identified administrative records provided by DJS. The unit of analysis is the individual. Variables include: youth delinquency history before supervision; risk/needs assessment; detentions, complaints, and arrests during supervision; AIM sanctions and incentives; youth responses in the AIM program; and demographic characteristics such as age, gender, and race/ethnicity.
2020-09-29
3.
Assessing the Role of Immigration in the Linkage Between School Safety, Education, and Juvenile Justice Contact, Texas, 2000-2019 (ICPSR 38260)
Marchbanks III, Miner P.
Marchbanks III, Miner P.
This project utilizes secondary data analysis of existing data. Recognizing that the school discipline and juvenile justice experience of immigrants may differ from non-immigrant children, the project explores the role immigration status and border location has on these outcomes.
2022-08-30
4.
Assessing the Role of School Discipline In Disproportionate Minority Contact With the Juvenile Justice System, Texas, 1999-2008 (ICPSR 37186)
Marchbanks, Miner; Blake, Jamilia J.
Marchbanks, Miner; Blake, Jamilia J.
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.
This project utilized data originally collected for the project Breaking Schools' Rules (Fabelo et al., 2011), a joint project of the Public Policy Research Institute at Texas A and M University and the Council of State Governments Justice Center on which the Principal Investigator, Miner Marchbanks was a lead data analyst and co-author. Research was conducted at the Education Research Centers of the University of Texas, Austin, and Texas A and M University utilizing individual-level data from the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS), a data system of the Texas Education Agency (TEA), and CASEWORKER, a data management system of the Texas Probation Commission (now the Texas Juvenile Justice Department). The link between these records was conducted by TEA and is described in greater detail in Fabelo et al.
Through secondary analyses of these data, researchers attempted to measure the institutional and individual mechanisms that disproportionately pull and push students of color into the "school-to-prison pipeline." The project explores the predictors of school discipline contact and the resulting consequences of encountering this discipline. The project then moves to an examination of the determinants of progressing through the various decision points in a juvenile justice case. Additionally, the project explores the relationship between school strictness and various educational and juvenile justice outcomes. The "school-to-prison pipeline" (Wald and Losen, 2003) describes an "increasingly punitive and isolating" path through the education system for African American and other at-risk students.
The study collection includes 1 Stata (.do) syntax file (master_final.do) that was used by the researcher(s) in secondary analyses.
2018-12-19
5.
Assessment of Crossover Youth in Maryland, 1989-2014 (ICPSR 35253)
Young, Douglas; Bowley, Alex; Bilanin, Jeanne; Ho, Amy
Young, Douglas; Bowley, Alex; Bilanin, Jeanne; Ho, Amy
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.
The study was designed to begin to build a knowledge base to address the challenges of crossover youth in Maryland - those involved at some point in their lives in the dependency and delinquency systems. Employing a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods, the research focused on the five most populous jurisdictions in the state, Baltimore City, and Anne Arundel, Montgomery, Prince George's, and Baltimore Counties.
This collection includes 4 SPSS data files:
CINA BCity_Archive_final_Corrected-ICPSR.sav (n=400; 64 variables)
CY Stakeholder Survey_Archive_final_Corrected_Update2016-ICPSR.sav (n=164; 302 variables)
Delinquency_Risk_Archive_final_Corrected_Update2016-ICPSR.sav (n=1,127; 62 variables)
Needs_Archive_final-ICPSR.sav (n=700; 67 variables)
Data from interviews with 26 officials in state and local agencies to collect information on policies and practices affecting crossover youth in Maryland are not available as part of this collection.
2017-06-29
6.
Census of Juveniles on Probation, United States, 2012 (ICPSR 37438)
United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
The purpose of the Census of Juveniles on Probation (CJP) was to collect individual-level data about youth on probation, including their numbers and characteristics. The CJP survey asked respondents to report the total number of juveniles on formal probation within their reporting jurisdiction on the reference date of October 24, 2012.
For each youth on probation, responding agencies were asked to provide the following information: sex, date of birth, race, most serious offense, state and county where most serious offense was committed, and the state and county where the juvenile resided on the census reference date.
This data collection contains the national data.
2020-01-30
7.
Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Medium- and High-Risk Juvenile Offenders: A Statewide Randomized Controlled Trial in Virginia, 2003-2018 (ICPSR 38762)
Kim, KiDeuk
Kim, KiDeuk
The Urban Institute developed and fostered a research partnership with the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) to conduct empirical research to inform DJJ's current practice in the management of aggression issues among at-risk youth and enhance DJJ's analytic capacity. Specifically, through a randomized controlled trial (RCT) and quasi-experimental evaluations, the project team assessed the effectiveness of two types of cognitive-behavioral aggression management treatment, Aggression Replacement Training (ART) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for youth in secure juvenile justice facilities. The three-part evaluation consisted of a process evaluation, an impact evaluation, and cost-effectiveness analysis. The impact evaluation was based on RCT data and matched case-control data through propensity score techniques.
2023-11-16
8.
Collecting DNA from Juveniles in 30 U.S. States, 2009-2010 (ICPSR 31281)
Samuels, Julie; Dwyer, Allison; Halberstadt, Robin; Lachman, Pamela
Samuels, Julie; Dwyer, Allison; Halberstadt, Robin; Lachman, Pamela
This study examined the laws, policies, and practices
related to juvenile DNA collection, as well as their implications for the juvenile and criminal justice systems. DNA evidence proved valuable in solving crimes, which motivated a concerted effort to expand the categories of offenders who provided DNA samples for analysis and inclusion in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)-operated national database.
State requirements for DNA collection, which initially focused on adult offenders convicted of sexual or violent offenses, expanded to include other categories of convicted felons, convicted misdemeanants, arrestees, and juveniles. In 30 states, certain categories of juveniles handled in the juvenile justice system must now provide DNA samples. The study was designed to explore the practice and implications of collecting DNA from juveniles and addressed the following questions:
How have state agencies, juvenile justice agencies and state laboratories implemented juvenile DNA collection laws?
What were the number and characteristics of juveniles with profiles included in CODIS?
How have juvenile profiles in CODIS contributed to public safety or other justice outcomes?
What improvements to policies and practices needed to be made?
To examine these questions, researchers at the Urban Institute: (1) systematically reviewed all state DNA statutes; (2) conducted semi-structured interviews with CODIS lab representatives in states that collect DNA from juveniles to understand how the laws were implemented; (3) collected and analyzed descriptive data provided by these labs on the volume and characteristics of juvenile profiles in CODIS; (4) conducted semi-structured interviews with juvenile and criminal justice stakeholders in five case study states; and (5) convened a meeting of federal officials and experts from the forensic and juvenile justice committees to explore the broader impacts of juvenile DNA collection.
2014-12-19
9.
Decision-Making in the Juvenile Justice System in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio, 1999-2000 (ICPSR 3581)
Sarri, Rosemary
Sarri, Rosemary
The goals of the juvenile justice system in the United
States have always been multiple, beginning with rehabilitation, the
primary goal when the juvenile court was established. More recently,
policies advocating accountability seem to have predominated over
other goals of the court, and concern exists that structured
decision-making (SDM) in support of individual accountability has
begun to fundamentally change the juvenile justice system. This study
examined the use of SDM in state correctional agencies in Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio and in juvenile courts in three counties
in each of those states. Data were collected in phases from March 1999
to August 2000 during periodic site visits. Probation officers, judges
and referees, prosecutors, and defense attorneys were interviewed in
each of the 12 courts. Each survey contained a core set of questions
eliciting respondents' views of juvenile justice, disposition
objectives, and the use and value of SDM. Questions relevant to
particular decision-makers were also included. All respondents
provided demographic information and information about their job
experience in criminal justice and professional training.
2006-03-30
10.
The Denver Youth Survey (DYS) is part of the larger "Program of Research on the Causes and Correlates of Delinquency" initiated by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in 1986. The DYS is a longitudinal study of problem and successful behavior over the life course that focuses on delinquency, drug use, victimization, and mental health. The DYS is based on a probability sample of households in "high-risk" neighborhoods of Denver, Colorado. These neighborhoods were selected on the basis of their social ecology in terms of population and housing characteristics. Only socially disorganized neighborhoods with high official crime rates (top one-third) were included. The survey respondents include 1,528 children and youth who were 7, 9, 11, 13, or 15 years old in 1987, and one of their parents, who lived in one of the more than 20,000 randomly selected households.
The survey respondents include 807 boys and 721 girls and include White (10 percent), Latino (45 percent), and African American (33 percent) youth, as well as 12 percent from other racial/ethnic backgrounds. The child and youth respondents, along with one caretaker, were interviewed annually from 1988 until 1992, and annually from 1995 until 1999. The age range covered by the study is from age 7 through age 26.
The dataset contains 1,528 cases and 22,081 variables.
2017-01-04
11.
The Denver Youth Survey (DYS) is part of the larger "Program of Research on the Causes and Correlates of Delinquency" initiated by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in 1986. It is a longitudinal study of problem and successful behavior over the life course that focuses on delinquency, drug use, victimization, and mental health. DYS variables also address family demographics, neighborhood characteristics, parenting, and involvement in social roles.
The DYS is based on a probability sample of households in "high-risk" neighborhoods of Denver, Colorado. These neighborhoods were selected on the basis of their social ecology in terms of population and housing characteristics. Only socially disorganized neighborhoods with high (top one-third) official crime rates were included. The survey respondents include 1,528 children and youth who were 7, 9, 11, 13, or 15 years old in 1987, and one of their parents, who lived in one of the more than 20,000 randomly selected households.
The survey respondents include 807 boys and 721 girls and include White (10%), Latino (45%), and African American (33%) youth, as well as 12% from other racial/ethnic backgrounds. The child and youth respondents, along with one caretaker, were interviewed annually from 1988 until 1992 (waves 1-5), annually from 1995 until 1999 (waves 6-10), and in 2003 (wave 11). The study covers an age range of 7 through 26.
2016-12-30
12.
Deterrent Effect of Curfew Enforcement: Operation Nightwatch in St. Louis, 2003-2005 (ICPSR 4302)
Urban, Lynn S.
Urban, Lynn S.
This study was conducted between December 2003 and January
2005, to determine if the curfew check program in St. Louis, Missouri,
known as Nightwatch, was meeting its stated goals of reducing
recidivism and victimization among juvenile offenders. The study was
conducted using a pretest and two post-tests on an experimental group
and a comparison group. The pretest (Time 1) was given to 118
juveniles. The first post-test (Time 2) was completed by 78 juveniles
and the second post-test (Time 3) was completed by 37 juveniles. The
tests were designed to measure the respondents' perceptions of
certainty of punishment, as well as to measure their out of home
activities. Important variables included in the study are levels of
parental supervision, self-reported behaviors of the juvenile
respondent, perceived severity of punishments, measures of
impulsiveness, and self-reported victimization of the respondent, as
well as variables related to the Nightwatch program, including the
number of visits, sanctions or rewards received by the respondent.
2005-11-14
13.
Developing Self-Regulation, Delinquency Trajectories, and Juvenile Justice Outcomes in Young Women, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1999-2016 (ICPSR 36689)
Hipwell, Alison; Stepp, Stephanie
Hipwell, Alison; Stepp, Stephanie
There is much variability in the adult outcomes of youth who have been involved in the Juvenile Justice System (JJS). It is increasingly recognized that disparate outcomes may reflect the extent to which JJS involvement intersects with developmental patterns of delinquency and is attuned to normative adolescent development, such as maturing self-regulation. However, little is known about the ways in which JJS services influence maturing self-regulation, and how change in these processes will impact delinquency trajectories extending through early adulthood. Even less is known about the impact of JJS on developmental trajectories of delinquency and self-regulation in adolescent girls, despite the rapid increase of girls' involvement in the JJS in recent years.
The goal of the current study was to advance knowledge to support effective JJS programs and policies by examining the interface between adolescent self-regulation development, delinquency, and JJS involvement. This project built on the Pittsburgh Girls Study (PGS): a large, longitudinal, racially diverse, urban community sample of females that had been followed annually for 13 years since childhood. New data were collected with support from grant 2013-JF-FX-0058 from a subset of PGS participants at ages 19 and 20 years to capture patterns of delinquency persistence and desistance and to assess outcomes in young adulthood. At the end of the funding period, 88% of the original sample of participants had been interviewed through age 20. In addition, official juvenile justice criminal records were gathered for all 2,450 PGS participants. Analyses were conducted to examine: 1) the impact of JJS involvement on developmental trajectories of delinquency and young adult adjustment; 2) the impact of JJS involvement on self-regulation maturation; 3) the relationship between self-regulation development and change in delinquency and young adult adjustment; and 4) mechanisms during adolescence that explain the link between JJS involvement and delinquency. Results showed JJS involvement predicted concurrent and subsequent changes in self-control during adolescence as well as increased risk for subsequent delinquent behavior, poor educational attainment, employment status, and less satisfaction with life in young adulthood. Moreover, self-control in adolescence partially mediated several of the observed prospective associations between JJS involvement and young adult outcomes. These findings add to a research base that can help policymakers better understand how JJS interventions impact normative developmental processes in ways that influence the course of delinquency. Such information is a critical step in improving outcomes of adolescent girls involved in the JJS through the improvement of interventions promoting self-regulation maturation, accountability, resilience and desistance.
2019-09-24
14.
Development and Validation of an Actuarial Risk Assessment Tool for Juveniles with a History of Sexual Offending, 5 U.S. states, 2009-2013 (ICPSR 38335)
Kim, KiDeuk
Kim, KiDeuk
Because there are few existing tools for assessing the risk of recidivism for youth with a history of sexual offending that are empirically valid and reliable, knowledge and practice in this area has historically been limited. This project examined current practice and policy in the assessment, treatment, and management of juvenile sex offenders across multiple jurisdictions (Florida, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Virginia). The researchers developed a prototype assessment tool, state-specific risk assessment models, and practical guidance for building a risk assessment for sexual recidivism in juvenile justice settings.
The data file contains individual records for the full sample (n=8,035), including their risk predictors, recidivism measures, and resulting outputs (i.e., predicted probabilities of sexual recidivism) from the risk models.
2022-08-30
15.
Drug Testing of Juvenile Detainees to Identify High-Risk Youth in Florida, 1986-1987 (ICPSR 9686)
Dembo, Richard
Dembo, Richard
This data collection examines the interrelationships among
drug/alcohol use, childhood sexual or physical abuse, and encounters
with the juvenile justice system. To identify high-risk individuals,
youths in a Tampa juvenile detention center were given urine tests and
were asked a series of questions about past sexual and/or physical
abuse. Official record searches were also conducted 6, 12, and 18
months afterward to measure later encounters with the juvenile or
criminal justice systems. The investigators used the youths' urine
test results as the primary measure of drug use. On the basis of their
review of Florida's statutes, the investigators developed outcome
measures for the following offense categories: violent felonies
(murder/manslaughter, robbery, sex offenses, aggravated assault),
property felonies (arson, burglary, auto theft, larceny/theft, stolen
property offenses, damaging property offenses), drug felonies (drug
offenses), violent misdemeanors (sex offenses, nonaggravated assault),
property misdemeanors (larceny/theft, stolen property offenses,
damaging property offenses), drug misdemeanors (drug offenses), and
public disorder misdemeanors (public disorder offenses, trespassing
offenses). Other variables measured physical and sexual abuse,
emotional and psychological functioning, and prior drug use.
Demographic variables on sex, race, age, and education are also
contained in the data. The individual is the unit of analysis.
2002-06-07
16.
Effectiveness of Restorative Justice Principles in Juvenile Justice: A Meta-Analysis (ICPSR 37000)
Wilson, David B.; Olaghere, Ajima; Kimbrell, Catherine S.
Wilson, David B.; Olaghere, Ajima; Kimbrell, Catherine S.
The objective of this study was to systematically review and statistically synthesize all available research that, at a minimum, compared participants in a restorative justice program to participants processed in a more traditional way using meta-analytic methods. Ideally, these studies would include research designs with random assignment to condition groups, as this provides the most credible evidence of program effectiveness.
The systematic search identified 99 publications, both published and unpublished, reporting on the results of 84 evaluations nested within 60 unique research projects or studies. Results were extracted from these studies, related to delinquency, non-delinquency, and victim outcomes for the youth and victims participating in these programs.
2018-12-19
17.
Evaluating Program Enhancements for Mentors Working with Children of Incarcerated Parents (COIP), United States, 2016-2020 (ICPSR 38055)
Rhodes, Jean
Rhodes, Jean
The Children of Incarcerated Parents (COIP) Project was established as a means of evaluating mentorships between children whose parents are incarcerated and program mentors. This establishment was done as a result of the fact that over half of currently incarcerated Americans are parents, and over half of children whose parents are incarcerated are below the age of 10. The consequences of children having parents incarcerated can include family instability and possible future criminal activity of such children. The COIP Project was implemented across various mentorship programs throughout the United States with the objective of countering these issues.
2022-03-30
18.
Evaluation of Florida's Avon Park Youth Academy and STREET Smart Program, 2002-2008 (ICPSR 37111)
DeComo, Robert; Matthews, Tim
DeComo, Robert; Matthews, Tim
The Evaluation of Florida's Avon Park Youth Academy and STREET Smart Program, 2002-2008 contains data gathered on youth involved in programs which aim to increase educational outcomes, increase labor force participation, and reduce recidivism.
Avon Park Youth Academy (APYA) is a secure custody residential facility that provides specialized, remedial education and intensive vocational training to moderate risk youth committed to the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). The STREET Smart program (SS) was the reentry component of the program, which provided community support and educational and vocational services to APYA participants on a voluntary basis after their release to the community. In the last several years, APYA/SS has received national and international recognition as a "Promising Program" for juvenile offenders. Both the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) determined that a rigorous evaluation was required to assess whether APYA/SS could progress from a "Promising Program" to an "Evidence-based Practice."
To conduct this evaluation, the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) designed and conducted a field trial that randomly assigned youth committed to DJJ to the APYA/SS program or a control group. This experimental design permitted a rigorous test of the hypothesis that compared to the control group, APYA/SS participants would demonstrate more positive educational achievement, increased labor force participation, and reduced recidivism outcomes after community release.
The 360 youth assigned to the experimental control group stayed at APYA for an average of 9.7 months from 2002-2005. Of these, 301 youth completed participation in the SS program by March 2006. The youth were observed for a three-year period after their community release dates. This included an interview following release from incarceration to collect data on educational achievements, employment, and justice system program experiences. All subjects had reached the 36-month follow-up threshold as of May 2008.
2018-09-07
19.
Evaluation of the Juvenile Breaking the Cycle Program in Lane County, Oregon, 2000-2002 (ICPSR 4339)
Lattimore, Pamela K.; Krebs, Christopher P.; Cowell, Alexander J.; Graham, Phillip
Lattimore, Pamela K.; Krebs, Christopher P.; Cowell, Alexander J.; Graham, Phillip
This study was conducted between April 15, 2000 and
November 15, 2002 to evaluate the effects of the Juvenile Break the
Cycle program (JBTC) in Lane County, Oregon on the interim and
longer-term outcomes for juvenile offenders who were deemed high risk
and had a history of alcohol and/or other drug use. The study was
conducted using three waves of interviews as well as administrative
data. The baseline interview was given to and administrative data were
collected on 306 juveniles. The 6-month follow-up interview was
completed by 208 juveniles and the 12-month follow-up interview was
completed by 183 juveniles. Variables included in the study are
history of alcohol and/or other drug use, diagnosis of mental health
problems, history of previous contact with the juvenile justice
system, substance abuse risk score, total risk score, and history of
substance abuse treatment or mental health counseling. Variables
related to JBTC include program assignment, the number of drug test
administered between interviews, and the number of positive drug
tests.
2006-09-21
20.
Evaluation of the OJJDP FY2010 Second Chance Act Juvenile Offender Reentry Demonstration Projects, 5 United States cities, 2010 (ICPSR 37212)
Liberman, Akiva
Liberman, Akiva
In response to growing concerns about recidivism and the welfare of youth who return to communities from incarceration, the federal government passed the Second Chance Act (SCA) in 2008 to authorize funding to support the development, implementation, and evaluation of juvenile reentry programs (H.R. 1593, 110th Cong. 2007). Since then, more than 100 juvenile SCA awards have been made to grantees across the U.S. to improve reentry programming and outcomes for youth returning home after placement in juvenile correctional institutions (State Government Justice Center, 2017).
The purpose of this evaluation was to evaluate five FY2010 juvenile SCA grantees who were funded to implement comprehensive reentry programs for high-risk youth, and to provide policymakers, practitioners, and funders with empirical evidence about the degree to which the SCA program effectively reduced recidivism and improved reintegration outcomes for youth offenders, and to inform future comprehensive juvenile reentry efforts.
Specific goals of this study included:
identifying strong sites for an impact evaluation;
assessing the extent to which the sites successfully implemented a comprehensive and integrated model of juvenile reentry for a high-risk, high-needs population;
assessing program operations and adherence to reentry principles;
evaluating the impact of the SCA programs;
determining the cost effectiveness of the SCA programs, and their cost-benefit in terms of crime prevented; and
disseminating evaluation findings to practitioner and researcher audiences.
2022-11-10
21.
An Examination of the Link Between Gang Involvement and Victimization Among Youth in Residential Placement, United States, 2003 (ICPSR 37936)
Clark, Jim; Harris, Meena; Howell, James; Gilman, Amanda
Clark, Jim; Harris, Meena; Howell, James; Gilman, Amanda
This study was a secondary analysis of Survey of Youth in Residential Placement (SYRP) 2003 [United States] ICPSR 34304. In recent years, considerable empirical and theoretical attention has been given to the overlap between gang membership and victimization. Gang-involved youth are significantly more likely to experience both violent and nonviolent victimization than are their non-gang peers. Much of what is known about the gang-victimization link, however, comes from studies of youth in the community. In this study, we explore the relationship between gang affiliation and victimization in a nationally representative sample of youth in residential placement.
2021-05-26
22.
Exposure to Violence, Trauma, and Juvenile Court Involvement: A Longitudinal Analysis of Mobile Youth and Poverty Study Data, Mobile, Alabama, 1998-2011 (ICPSR 37495)
Bolland, Anneliese; Bolland, John M.
Bolland, Anneliese; Bolland, John M.
This project consists of secondary analysis material (syntax only, no data). The original study that the material pertains to is an examination of predominantly African American adolescents who live in extreme poverty. The study suggested that exposure to violence is positively related to involvement in the juvenile court system, and partially mediated by psychological factors, particularly hopelessness; thus, practitioners should take care to target more than just traumatic stress as a result of exposure to violence in African American impoverished youth.
2020-11-24
23.
Failure to Appear: Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Victims' Experience with the Juvenile Justice System and Their Readiness to Change, Nevada, 2016-2018 (ICPSR 37251)
Kennedy, Margaret Alexis
Kennedy, Margaret Alexis
A critical gap in knowledge about service provision for domestic minor sex trafficking (DMST) victims is why youth resist help from providers. This project asked DMST survivors about the barriers they experienced and their readiness to leave their commercial sexual exploitation. The study included an in-depth qualitative phase of formerly sex trafficked women (n=41), followed by a cross-sectional, self-report survey administered to recently trafficked young adults (n=94).
2022-11-29
24.
Impact of Incarceration on Families, 2016, South Carolina (ICPSR 36616)
DeHart, Dana; Shapiro, Cheri; Hardin, James
DeHart, Dana; Shapiro, Cheri; Hardin, James
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.
This project utilized three strategies to investigate the impact of incarceration on families. First, a statewide integrated data system was used to examine impacts of incarceration in a novel way, using administrative data from corrections, juvenile justice, mental health, social services, substance use services, healthcare, and education. Second, researchers linked multi-agency data to address specific research questions regarding impact of incarceration on families, including impact of incarceration on family physical and mental health, children's involvement with the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, family economic status, and school performance. Third, researchers conducted focus groups and family interviews with 77 inmates and 21 inmate family members sampled from three correctional facilities. Researchers identified qualitative themes regarding impact of incarceration in the lives of inmates and their families.
Only data from the focus groups is included in this collection. The collection includes two SPSS data files: "Inmate_Demographic_Data.sav" with 15 variables and 77 cases and "Family_Demographic_Data.sav" with 19 variables and 21 cases. The actual focus group interviews with inmates and their family members are not available as part of this collection at this time. Administrative data from the South Carolina Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office was not made available for archiving. Users interested in obtaining these data should consult the accompanying documentation.
2018-04-04
25.
These data describe the volume of juvenile cases disposed of
by courts in the fifty states, the District of Columbia and the
territories of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico during calendar year
1982. The data contain all available summary information on children's
cases disposed of in courts having jurisdiction over juvenile matters,
delinquency status, and dependency or neglect.
1992-02-16
26.
Juvenile Court Statistics, 1983 [United States] (ICPSR 8656)
United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
This data collection describes the volume of juvenile cases
disposed of during calendar year 1983 in courts having jurisdiction
over juvenile matters (delinquency and dependency/neglect cases) in the
fifty states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of the
Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. This collection is part of the oldest
continuous source of information on the processing of delinquent and
dependent youth done by juvenile courts, a record inaugurated in 1926.
It furnishes an index of the general nature and extent of the problems
brought before the juvenile courts.
1992-02-16
27.
This data collection describes in quantitative terms the
volume of juvenile cases disposed by courts having jurisdiction over
juvenile matters (delinquency, status and dependency cases). This
collection is the oldest continuous source of information on the
processing of delinquent and dependent youth done by juvenile courts,
a record inaugurated in 1926 to furnish an index of the problems
brought before the juvenile courts. Information is provided on state,
county, number of delinquency cases by sex, number of dependency cases
by sex, and total number of cases.
1992-02-16
28.
This data collection describes in quantitative terms the
volume of juvenile cases disposed by courts having jurisdiction over
juvenile matters (delinquency, status, and dependency cases).
Inaugurated in 1926 to furnish an index of the problems brought before
the juvenile courts, this collection is the oldest continuous source of
information on the processing of delinquent and dependent youth done by
juvenile courts. Information is provided on state, county, number of
delinquency cases by sex, number of dependency cases by sex, and total
number of cases.
1992-02-17
29.
Juvenile Court Statistics, 1986: Reported Cases in Calendar Year Data Base (ICPSR 9691)
National Center for Juvenile Justice
National Center for Juvenile Justice
This data collection describes in quantitative terms the
volume of juvenile cases disposed by courts having jurisdiction over
juvenile matters (delinquency, status, and dependency cases).
Inaugurated in 1926 to furnish an index of the problems brought before
the juvenile courts, this series is the oldest continuous source of
information on the processing of delinquent and dependent youth done by
juvenile courts. Information is provided on state, county, number of
delinquency cases by sex, number of status cases by sex, number of
dependency cases by sex, and total number of cases by sex.
1992-03-04
30.
This data collection describes in quantitative terms the
volume of juvenile cases disposed in 1987 by courts having
jurisdiction over juvenile matters (delinquency, status offense, and
dependency cases). Inaugurated in 1926 to furnish an index of the
problems brought before the juvenile courts, this series is the oldest
continuous source of information on the processing of delinquent and
dependent youth by juvenile courts. Information is provided on state,
county, number of delinquency cases by sex, number of status offense
cases by sex, number of dependency cases by sex, and total number of
cases by sex.
2005-11-04
31.
This data collection describes in quantitative terms the
volume of juvenile cases disposed in 1988 by courts having
jurisdiction over juvenile matters (delinquency, status offense, and
dependency cases). Inaugurated in 1926 to furnish an index of the
problems brought before the juvenile courts, this series is the oldest
continuous source of information on the processing of delinquent and
dependent youth by juvenile courts. Information is provided on state,
county, number of delinquency cases by sex, number of status offense
cases by sex, number of dependency cases by sex, and total number of
cases by sex.
2005-11-04
32.
This data collection describes in quantitative terms the
volume of juvenile cases disposed in 1989 by courts having
jurisdiction over juvenile matters (delinquency, status offense, and
dependency cases). Inaugurated in 1926 to furnish an index of the
problems brought before the juvenile courts, this series is the oldest
continuous source of information on the processing of delinquent and
dependent youth by juvenile courts. Information is provided on state,
county, number of delinquency cases by sex, number of status offense
cases by sex, number of dependency cases by sex, and total number of
cases by sex.
2005-11-04
33.
This data collection describes in quantitative terms the
volume of juvenile cases disposed in 1990 by courts having jurisdiction
over juvenile matters (delinquency, status offense, and dependency
cases). Inaugurated in 1926 to furnish an index of the problems brought
before the juvenile courts, this series is the oldest continuous source
of information on the processing of delinquent and dependent youth by
juvenile courts. It is the most detailed information available on youth
who come in contact with the juvenile justice system and on the
activities of the nation's juvenile courts. Information is provided on
state, county, number of delinquency cases, number of status offense
cases, number of dependency cases, and total number of cases. The data
distinguish cases with and without the filing of a petition.
2005-11-04
34.
This data collection describes in quantitative terms the
volume of juvenile cases disposed in 1991 by courts having jurisdiction
over juvenile matters (delinquency, status offense, and dependency
cases). Inaugurated in 1926 to furnish an index of the problems brought
before the juvenile courts, this series is the oldest continuous source
of information on the processing of delinquent and dependent youth by
juvenile courts. It is the most detailed information available on youth
who come in contact with the juvenile justice system and on the
activities of the nation's juvenile courts. Information is provided on
state, county, number of delinquency cases, number of status offense
cases, number of dependency cases, and total number of cases. The data
distinguish cases with and without the filing of a petition.
2005-11-04
35.
This data collection describes in quantitative terms the
volume of juvenile cases disposed in 1992 by courts having jurisdiction
over juvenile matters (delinquency, status offense, and dependency
cases). Inaugurated in 1926 to furnish an index of the problems brought
before the juvenile courts, this series is the oldest continuous source
of information on the processing of delinquent and dependent youth by
juvenile courts. It is the most detailed information available on youth
who come in contact with the juvenile justice system and on the
activities of the nation's juvenile courts. Information is provided on
state, county, number of delinquency cases, number of status offense
cases, number of dependency cases, and total number of cases. The data
distinguish cases with and without the filing of a petition.
2005-11-04
36.
This data collection describes in quantitative terms the
volume of juvenile cases disposed in 1993 by courts having
jurisdiction over juvenile matters (delinquency, status offense, and
dependency cases). Inaugurated in 1926 to furnish an index of the
problems brought before the juvenile courts, this series is the oldest
continuous source of information on the processing of delinquent
and dependent youth by juvenile courts. It is the most detailed
information available on youth who come in contact with the juvenile
justice system and on the activities of the nation's juvenile courts.
Information is provided on state, county, number of delinquency cases,
number of status offense cases, number of dependency cases,
and total number of cases. The data distinguish cases
with and without the filing of a petition.
2005-11-04
37.
This data collection describes in quantitative terms the
volume of juvenile cases disposed in 1994 by courts having
jurisdiction over juvenile matters (delinquency, status offense, and
dependency cases). Inaugurated in 1926 to furnish an index of the
problems brought before the juvenile courts, this series is the oldest
continuous source of information on the processing of delinquent and
dependent youth by juvenile courts. It is the most detailed
information available on youth who come in contact with the juvenile
justice system and on the activities of the nation's juvenile courts.
Information is provided on state, county, number of delinquency cases,
number of status offense cases, number of dependency cases, and total
number of cases. The data distinguish cases with and without the
filing of a petition.
2005-11-04
38.
This data collection describes in quantitative terms the
volume of juvenile cases disposed in 1995 by courts having
jurisdiction over juvenile matters (delinquency, status offense, and
dependency cases). Inaugurated in 1926 to furnish an index of the
problems brought before the juvenile courts, this series is the oldest
continuous source of information on the processing of delinquent and
dependent youth by juvenile courts. It is the most detailed
information available on youth who come in contact with the juvenile
justice system and on the activities of the nation's juvenile courts.
Information is provided on state, county, number of delinquency cases,
number of status offense cases, number of dependency cases, and total
number of cases. The data distinguish cases with and without the
filing of a petition.
2005-11-04
39.
This data collection describes in quantitative terms the
volume of juvenile cases disposed in 1996 by courts having
jurisdiction over juvenile matters (delinquency, status offense, and
dependency cases). Inaugurated in 1926 to furnish an index of the
problems brought before the juvenile courts, this series is the oldest
continuous source of information on the processing of delinquent and
dependent youth by juvenile courts. It is the most detailed
information available on youth who come in contact with the juvenile
justice system and on the activities of the nation's juvenile courts.
Information is provided on state, county, number of delinquency cases,
number of status offense cases, number of dependency cases, and total
number of cases. The data distinguish cases with and without the
filing of a petition.
2005-11-04
40.
This data collection describes in quantitative terms the
volume of juvenile cases disposed in 1997 by courts having
jurisdiction over juvenile matters (delinquency, status offense, and
dependency cases). Inaugurated in 1926 to furnish an index of the
problems brought before the juvenile courts, this series is the oldest
continuous source of information on the processing of delinquent and
dependent youth by juvenile courts. It is the most detailed
information available on youth who come in contact with the juvenile
justice system and on the activities of the nation's juvenile courts.
Information is provided on state, county, number of delinquency cases,
number of status offense cases, number of dependency cases, and total
number of cases. The data distinguish cases with and without the
filing of a petition.
2005-11-04
41.
Juvenile Domestic and Family Violence Court Evaluation in Contra Costa, Santa Clara, and San Francisco Counties, California, 1999-2005 (ICPSR 34564)
Uekert, Brenda; Sagatun-Edwards, Inger; Crowe, Ann; Peters, Tracy; Cheesman, Fred; Kameda, Dina
Uekert, Brenda; Sagatun-Edwards, Inger; Crowe, Ann; Peters, Tracy; Cheesman, Fred; Kameda, Dina
This study tested the effectiveness of two court-based intervention programs in California (Santa Clara County, San Francisco County) that addressed juvenile domestic and family violence. The court-based intervention programs included an intake assessment process for domestic and family violence, specialized prosecution and defense, a dedicated docket, intensive supervision, offender programs, and victim services. Probation and court records of juvenile domestic/family violence offenders provided the source of data to compare the intervention programs with a third county that did not have a specialized response (Contra Costa County). The final study group included 303 closed cases (201 cases from Santa Clara County, 40 cases from San Francisco County, and 62 cases from Contra Costa County).
2013-05-17
42.
Juvenile Residential Facility Census, 2016 [United States] (ICPSR 37197)
United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
The Juvenile Residential Facility Census (JRFC), which is conducted biennially, collects basic information on juvenile residential facility characteristics, including security, capacity and crowding, injuries and deaths in custody, and facility ownership and operation. The JRFC also includes questions about facility type (such as detention center, training school, ranch, or group home) and residential services provided by the facility (such as independent living, foster care, or other arrangements), and detailed questions about mental health, substance abuse, and educational services provided to young persons.
In 2016, the JRFC was divided into seven sections:
General facility information
Mental health services
Educational services
Substance abuse services
Events in the 30 days prior to the census reference date
Deaths in the year prior to the census reference date
Space shared with other facilities
Congress requires the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to report annually on the number of deaths of juveniles in custody; the JRFC gathers this information and offers a portrait of the nation's juvenile facilities. The census reference date was the fourth Wednesday in October.
2019-08-21
43.
Juvenile Residential Facility Census, 2018 [United States] (ICPSR 37953)
United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
The Juvenile Residential Facility Census (JRFC), which is conducted biennially, collects basic information on juvenile residential facility characteristics, including security, capacity and crowding, injuries and deaths in custody, and facility ownership and operation. The JRFC also includes questions about facility type (such as detention center, training school, ranch, or group home) and residential services provided by the facility (such as independent living, foster care, or other arrangements), and detailed questions about mental health, substance abuse, and educational services provided to young persons.
In 2018, the JRFC was divided into seven sections:
General facility information
Mental health services
Educational services
Substance abuse services
Events in the 30 days prior to the census reference date
Deaths in the year prior to the census reference date
Space shared with other facilities
Congress requires the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to report annually on the number of deaths of juveniles in custody; the JRFC gathers this information and offers a portrait of the nation's juvenile facilities. The census reference date was the fourth Wednesday in October.
2021-06-29
44.
Juvenile Residential Facility Census, 2020 [United States] (ICPSR 38914)
United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
The Juvenile Residential Facility Census (JRFC), which is conducted biennially, collects basic information on juvenile residential facility characteristics, including security, capacity and crowding, injuries and deaths in custody, and facility ownership and operation. The JRFC also includes questions about facility type (such as detention center, training school, ranch, or group home) and residential services provided by the facility (such as independent living, foster care, or other arrangements), and detailed questions about mental health, substance abuse, and educational services provided to young persons.
In 2020, the JRFC was divided into eight sections:
General facility information
Mental health services
Educational services
Substance abuse services
Events in the 30 days prior to the census reference date
Deaths in the year prior to the census reference date
Space shared with other facilities
Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19)
Congress requires the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to report annually on the number of deaths of juveniles in custody; the JRFC gathers this information and offers a portrait of the nation's juvenile facilities. The census reference date was the fourth Wednesday in October (October 28, 2020).
2024-07-15
45.
Kentucky Juvenile Justice Reform Evaluation: Assessment of Community-Based Services for Justice-Involved Youth, 2011-2019 (ICPSR 37889)
Vidal, Sarah
Vidal, Sarah
In 2014, Kentucky undertook a reform of the state's juvenile justice system through Senate Bill 200 (SB 200). The SB 200 legislation sought to improve systems and youth outcomes by expanding access to treatment and supervision in the community, focusing the most intensive resources on serious offenders, and enhancing data collection and oversight mechanisms to ensure that the policies work. Westat, in partnership with the American Probation and Parole Association, worked with Kentucky agencies to evaluate key reforms under SB 200. Evaluation consisted of three components. First, an implementation evaluation documented barriers and successes to implementation, with a particular focus on the Family Accountability, Intervention and Response (FAIR) teams and the impacts of system-wide sociopolitical context, allocation of resources, agency leadership and organizational culture on the reform. Second, using geographic information systems (GIS), researchers assessed the availability of community-based services for youth referred to the juvenile justice system in Kentucky and also identified gaps in service areas and potential disparities in access to services. Third, researchers conducted an outcome evaluation to assess the effect of SB 200 on youth dispositional outcomes and racial and ethnic disparities among referred, diverted, and adjudicated youth.
2022-12-05
46.
Law-Related Education Evaluation Project [United States], 1979-1984 (ICPSR 8406)
Center for Action Research and the Social Science Education Consortium
Center for Action Research and the Social Science Education Consortium
This data collection contains information gathered to
evaluate certain activities of a number of organizations dedicated to
the advancement of law-related education (LRE) in elementary, junior
high, and senior high schools. The organizations whose activities were
evaluated were (1) the Constitution Rights Foundation, (2) Law in a
Free Society, (3) the National Street Law Institute, (4) the American
Bar Association's Special Committee on Youth Education for
Citizenship, (5) the Children's Legal Rights Information and Training
Program, and (6) the Phi Alpha Delta Committee for Juvenile
Justice. The evaluation research dealt primarily with two types of
issues: (1) the degree of increase in awareness of and receptivity
toward LRE among the nation's educators, juvenile justice, and other
related professionals, as well as the degree of institutionalization
of LRE in certain targeted states (i.e., California, Michigan, and
North Carolina), and (2) the degree to which LRE could produce changes
in students' knowledge of and attitudes about the law, and reduce
juvenile delinquency (measured both by self-reported delinquency rates
and by attitudes previously shown to be correlated with delinquent
behavior). In 1981 (Part 1) and again in 1982 (Part 2), questionnaires
were mailed to a sample of professionals in state educational
organizations as well as to elementary and secondary school
principals, juvenile justice specialists, juvenile and family court
judges, police chiefs, and law school deans. Respondents were asked
whether they had heard of the various projects, what they thought of
LRE in terms of its impact on students and usefulness in the
curriculum, whether LRE should be required, what type of publicity had
contributed to their awareness of LRE, and the degree of involvement
they would be willing to have in promoting or developing LRE
programs. In a second component of the study, primary and secondary
school students were selected for an impact evaluation of the LRE
activities run by the six organizations under evaluation.
Questionnaires were administered to students during academic years
1982-1983 (Part 3) and 1983-1984 (Part 4), before and after
participating in LRE courses offered by the programs under
evaluation. Control students (not taking LRE courses) were also used
for the comparisons. The questionnaires tested the knowledge,
attitudes (measuring such factors as isolation from school, delinquent
peer influence, negative labeling, and attitudes toward violence), and
self-reported delinquency of school children. Demographic information
collected about the student respondents includes sex, age, race, grade
in school, and grade-point average.
2006-01-18
47.
A Longitudinal Investigation of Trauma Exposure, Retraumatization, and Post-Traumatic Stress of Justice-Involved Adolescents [Maricopa County, AZ and Philadelphia County, PA], 2000-2010 (ICPSR 37359)
Loughran, Thomas A.; Reid, Joan
Loughran, Thomas A.; Reid, Joan
This study examined the evolution of exposure to violence and psychological distress among adolescents using a sample of 1,354 male and female youths who completed a baseline assessment and 10 follow-up interviews over a seven-year period as part of the Pathways to Desistence study. Statistical analyses were utilized to identify a taxonomy based on adolescents' patterns of exposure to violence as well as to explore the association between the analytically-identified exposure to violence patterns and various psychological symptoms. Additional models were analyzed to examine changes in exposure to violence over time, changes in psychological distress over time, the contemporaneous, parallel processes of changes in exposure to violence and psychological distress over time, and differences in the evolution of violence exposure and psychological distress across sex and race/ethnicity.
2019-10-24
48.
Long-Term Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Risk-Needs Assessment and Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) Reforms in Juvenile Probation: The Long-Term RNR-Impact Study, Louisiana and Pennsylvania, 2008-2017 (ICPSR 37974)
Vincent, Gina
Vincent, Gina
The Long-Term Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) Impact Study was a pre-post, quasi-experimental study of the impact of the implementation of risk-needs assessment (RNA) and risk-need-responsivity-related (RNR) case management in 5 juvenile probation offices in 2 states. This study used 3 time points (pre-implementation, 1st year post-implementation, and 7th-year post-implementation) to examine the 7-year sustainability of impacts on system-responses (rates of informal processing, different dispositions, and out-of-home placements), youth outcomes (school and employment), and recidivism; as well as cost-effectiveness.
This study also examined whether there was a significant difference in the impacts of implementation after 7 years between probation offices that were effective versus ineffective in their first year of implementation.
2023-07-13
49.
Mapping Decision Points from School-based Incidents to Exclusionary Discipline, Arrest, and Referral to the Juvenile Justice System, United States, 2016-2018 (ICPSR 37498)
Sickmund, Melissa
Sickmund, Melissa
This two-phase study examined factors influencing decisions that lead from a school-based incident to exclusionary discipline, an arrest, and a referral to the juvenile court. The research team hypothesized that multiple external factors such as race identity, socioeconomic status, and others would negatively impact the decision-maker, and generate harsher punishments for those who are in these vulnerable groups. Phase 1 involved interviewing groups of key stakeholders including school administrators, district administrators, discipline coordinators, juvenile court judges and other staff, law enforcement officers, Positive Behavior Intervention Support (PBIS) coordinators, and child welfare agencies to understand their approaches to behavior management. Phase 2 involved secondary analysis of data from local school districts and the juvenile court with jurisdiction in two counties.
2024-05-15
50.
Mapping the School to Prison Pipeline in North Carolina, 1972-2016 (ICPSR 38141)
Sorensen, Lucy C.; Bushway, Shawn
Sorensen, Lucy C.; Bushway, Shawn
This project was centered on the apparent tension between keeping schools safe and keeping students attached to school. The project used comprehensive administrative data from the North Carolina public school system available through the North Carolina Education Research Data Center (NCERDC).
This dataset, along with juvenile court record data and publicly-available data from the North Carolina adult criminal justice system, linked administrative information from the same individuals in both school disciplinary records and the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems. The ultimate goal of this project was to determine if different policy choices by schools causally decrease rates of in-school violence in the short run and/or increase rates of conviction and incarceration in the long term.
2022-02-10