Recidivism Among Justice-Involved Youth: Findings From JJ-TRIALS

Angela A. Robertson; Zhou Fang; Doris Weiland; George Joe; Sheena Gardner; Richard Dembo; Larkin Mcreynolds; Megan Dickson; Jennifer Pankow; Michael Dennis; Katherine Elkington

doi:10.1177/0093854820922891

Recidivism Among Justice-Involved Youth: Findings From JJ-TRIALS

Angela A. Robertson
, Zhou Fang
, Doris Weiland
, George Joe
, Sheena Gardner
, Richard Dembo
, Larkin Mcreynolds
, Megan Dickson
, Jennifer Pankow
, Michael Dennis
, Katherine Elkington

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Abstract

Recidivism, and the factors related to it, remains a highly significant concern among juvenile justice researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. Recent studies highlight the need to examine multiple measures of recidivism as well as conduct multilevel analyses of this phenomenon. Using data collected in a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded Juvenile Justice-Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System (JJ-TRIALS) cooperative agreement, we examined individual- and site-level factors related to 1-year recidivism among probation youth in 20 sites in five states to answer research questions related to how recidivism rates differ across sites and the relationships between individual-level variables and a county-level concentrated disadvantage measure and recidivism. Our findings of large site differences in recidivism rates, and complex relationships between individual and county-level predictors of recidivism, highlight the need for more nuanced, contextually informed, multilevel approaches in studying recidivism among juveniles.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1059-1078
Number of pages	20
Journal	Criminal Justice and Behavior
Volume	47
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854820922891
State	Published - Sep 1 2020

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology.

Funding

The authors gratefully acknowledge the collaborative contributions of National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and support from the following grant awards: Chestnut Health Systems (U01DA03622); Columbia University (U01DA036226); Emory University (U01DA036233); Mississippi State University (U01DA036176); Temple University (U01DA036225); Texas Christian University (U01DA036224); and University of Kentucky (U01DA036158). NIDA Science Officer on this project is Tisha Wiley. Clinical Trials Registration: NCT02672150. The contents of this publication are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIDA, National Institutes of Health (NIH), or the participating universities or juvenile justice systems. This study was funded under the JJ-TRIALS cooperative agreement, funded at the NIDA by the NIH.

Funders	Funder number
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute on Drug Abuse	U01DA03622
Univ. of Northern British Columbia	U01DA036226
Emory University	U01DA036233
Mississippi Valley State University	U01DA036176
University of Kentucky	U01DA036158
Texas Christian University	U01DA036224
Temple University	U01DA036225

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

juvenile justice
predictors of juvenile recidivism
recidivism
recidivism among justice involved youth

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pathology and Forensic Medicine
General Psychology
Law

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