Trends in Juvenile Criminal Case Processing and Education, Connecticut, 2006-2012 (ICPSR 36141)

Version Date: May 18, 2018

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Principal Investigator(s):
Elena L. Grigorenko, Yale University

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36141.v1

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Summary

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 goals of the study were to estimate the effect of juvenile versus criminal jurisdiction on recidivism and educational outcomes in Connecticut, and describe the relationships among education and juvenile justice outcomes from early to late adolescence. The study sample included all court-referred juveniles and adults in Connecticut between the years 2006 to 2012. The individual-level juvenile case records and educational variables for each year were acquired from the Connecticut Court Support Services Division (CSSD) and the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE). Data on court-involvement (CSSD) include juvenile referral history, detention data, service data, adult criminal history, and data on multiple risk assessments. Educational data (CSDE) include demographic information, student enrollment (i.e., number of days in attendance, graduation, dropout), statewide, standardized academic achievement test scores, disciplinary offense data, and special education data.

Citation

Grigorenko, Elena L. Trends in Juvenile Criminal Case Processing and Education, Connecticut, 2006-2012. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-05-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36141.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice (2013-JF-FX-0018)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

District

Restrictions

Access to these 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.

Distributor(s)

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

2006-01-01 -- 2012-12-31

Date of Collection

2014-01-01 -- 2014-12-31

Data Collection Notes

  1. 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.

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Study Purpose

The overall purpose of this research are to estimate the effect of juvenile versus criminal jurisdiction on recidivism and educational outcomes in Connecticut, and describe the relationships among education and juvenile justice outcomes from early to late adolescence.

Study Design

Two types of quasi-experimental designs (i.e., a regression discontinuity design and a difference-in-differences design) were used to identify the effect of treating a 16-year-old in the juvenile courts rather than the criminal courts on recidivism and education outcomes, and analyze whether the changes in policy (i.e., the effects of raising the age of criminal jurisdiction) can be attributed to an increase in the age of juvenile jurisdiction, over and above the effect of aging in general. A series of nested path analyses were used to examine developmental cascade models and to disentangle the effects of stability and concurrent associations among educational outcomes and recidivism. Growth curve mixture models were applied to test linear and nonlinear growth trajectories in rates of recidivism and educational outcomes as well as to identify subgroups characterized by discrete types of growth trajectories in recidivism from early to late adolescence.

Sample

All court-referred juveniles (n=9539) and adults (n=49134) in Connecticut between the years 2006 to 2012. The individual-level juvenile case records and educational variables for each year were acquired from the CT Court Support Services Division (CSSD) and the CT State Department of Education (CSDE).

Time Method

Longitudinal

Universe

Court-involved juveniles and adults in the state of Connecticut between the years 2006 to 2012

Unit(s) of Observation

Individual

Data Type(s)

Description of Variables

The research collected information from multiple sources and produced the following sixteen datasets:

  • CSDE_SpecialEducation.sav (106 variables, n=56323): The variables include diagnosed disability, school environment, and type of school resources used
  • CSDE_Discipline_20062012.sav (12 variables, n=597963): The variables include school year, incident type, and out course of incident
  • CSSD_MAYSI-2.sav (505 variables, n=10514): The variables include MAYSI assessment questions and mental health
  • CSSD_JAGSubscales.sav (11 variables, n=317952): The variables include subscale type, risk score, criminogenic score, and protective score
  • CSSD_JAG.sav (13 variables, n=52971): The variables include type of offense, assessment type, risk and protective score, and types of supervision level
  • CSDE_Mobility.sav (5 variables, n=71217): The variables include date of entry and exit, and type of departure
  • CSDE_Discipline_2013.sav (17 variables, n=88757): The variables include school year, days suspended, incident type, and out course of incident
  • CSDE_Demographics.sav (61 variables, n=56323): The variables include institution type, the grade the student is currently in, race, and school resources used
  • CSSD_Services.sav (22 variables, n=18037): The variables include program information, the intervention process, and service type
  • CSSD_Detention.sav (10 variables, n=85108): The variables include date of admission and release, offense information, destination from detention
  • CSSD_Cases.sav (42 variables, n=216600): The variables include case information, legal proceeding, and outcome
  • CSSD_Cases_extremeCases.sav (42 variables, n=2853): The variables include case information, legal proceeding, and outcome
  • CSSD_AdultArrest.sav (27 variables, n=168362): The variables include offense information, jail. and probation
  • CSSD_Demographics.sav (5 variables, n=58678): The variables include gender, age, and ethnicity
  • CSDE_Academic_Achievement.sav (57 variables, n=58678): The variables include year, district, school number, and class scores
  • CSDE_Attendance.sav (15 variables, n=55725): The variables include days attended and school membership

    • Response Rates

    Not applicable

    Presence of Common Scales

    Juvenile Assessment Generic (JAG), Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument (MAYSI-2), Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT), Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT)

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    Original Release Date

    2018-05-18

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    Weight

    None

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    Notes

    • 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 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.