Youth Pathways: Evaluating the Influence of Gender, Involvement With the Public Mental Health System, Perceived Mental Health Need, and Traumatic Experiences on Juvenile Justice System Processing

IF 1.5 1区社会学 Q2 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice Pub Date : 2020-07-01 DOI:10.1177/1541204019889664

Erin M. Espinosa, Jon R. Sorensen, Scott M. Walfield

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Abstract

This study examined the influence of gender, participation in public mental health services, perceived mental health need, and traumatic experiences on juvenile justice system processing. Data were collected on youth formally processed for delinquency or status offenses by a large statewide juvenile justice system and youth served by the state’s public mental health system during a 7-year period (n = 271,427). The results indicated that accessing mental health services in the community or being viewed as having a mental health need by a juvenile probation officer increased the likelihood of youth being removed from their home by the juvenile justice system, especially for girls. While girls generally had decreased odds of out-of-home placement compared to boys, their odds significantly increased when combined with involvement in public mental health services and/or receiving a violation of probation. Once placed out of the home, boys discharged much more quickly than girls, with the rate of discharge being related primarily to the severity of their offenses. When controlling for relevant variables using propensity score matching, girls who experienced trauma or involvement with the public mental health system had a significantly lower rate of discharge from out-of-home placement than similarly matched boys.

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青少年途径:评估性别、参与公共心理健康系统、感知心理健康需求和创伤经历对青少年司法系统处理的影响

本研究考察了性别、参与公共心理健康服务、感知的心理健康需求和创伤经历对青少年司法系统处理的影响。在7年的时间里，收集了由全州大型青少年司法系统正式处理犯罪或身份犯罪的青少年以及由该州公共心理健康系统服务的青少年的数据（n=271427）。结果表明，在社区获得心理健康服务或被青少年缓刑监督官视为有心理健康需求，会增加青少年被青少年司法系统赶出家门的可能性，尤其是女孩。虽然与男孩相比，女孩在家外安置的几率通常较低，但与参与公共心理健康服务和/或违反缓刑相结合，她们的几率显著增加。一旦被安置在家外，男孩出院的速度比女孩快得多，出院率主要与他们罪行的严重程度有关。在使用倾向得分匹配控制相关变量时，经历过创伤或参与公共心理健康系统的女孩从家庭外安置的出院率明显低于匹配相似的男孩。

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Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

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6.90

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10.50%

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期刊介绍： Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice: An Interdisciplinary Journal provides academics and practitioners in juvenile justice and related fields with a resource for publishing current empirical research on programs, policies, and practices in the areas of youth violence and juvenile justice. Emphasis is placed on such topics as serious and violent juvenile offenders, juvenile offender recidivism, institutional violence, and other relevant topics to youth violence and juvenile justice such as risk assessment, psychopathy, self-control, and gang membership, among others. Decided emphasis is placed on empirical research with specific implications relevant to juvenile justice process, policy, and administration. Interdisciplinary in scope, Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice serves a diverse audience of academics and practitioners in the fields of criminal justice, education, psychology, social work, behavior analysis, sociology, law, counseling, public health, and all others with an interest in youth violence and juvenile justice.