The Correlates and Consequences of Drug Involvement among Youths Entering a Juvenile Justice Diversion Program

Autor/inn/en	Dembo, Richard; Wareham, Jennifer; Poythress, Norman; Cook, Brittany; Schmeidler, James
Titel	The Correlates and Consequences of Drug Involvement among Youths Entering a Juvenile Justice Diversion Program
Quelle	In: Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 15 (2006) 4, S.1-36 (36 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1067-828X
Schlagwörter	Correlation; Juvenile Justice; Delinquency; Substance Abuse; Youth; Interviews; Youth Problems; Family (Sociological Unit); Public Policy; Intervention; Arbitration; Rehabilitation Centers; Program Evaluation; Youth Programs; Public Opinion + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Korrelation; Jugendgerichtshilfe; Kriminalität; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Familie; Öffentliche Ordnung; Streitschlichtung; Rehabilitation center; Rehabilitation centre; Rehabilitation centres; Rehabilitationszentrum; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Jugendsofortprogramm; Öffentliche Meinung
Abstract	We report the results of the relationship of lifetime and past year drug involvement to psychosocial functioning among youths entering a Juvenile Arbitration Program (a diversion program) in the 13th Judicial Circuit, who enrolled in a Center for Substance Abuse Treatment funded study. The project is a clinical trial evaluating an innovative intervention service providing sixteen weeks of intensive case management services to youths and their families. The present study examines baseline interview data for 165 youths who entered the Juvenile Arbitration Program between June 2002 and July 2003 and agreed to participate in the project. The results indicate that drug involvement is a significant issue among the youths we studied, and is related to functioning problems in a number of key areas of their lives. Indeed, the greater their drug involvement, the more psychosocial problems they report experiencing. These findings contradict public opinion that youths placed in diversion programs have relatively few problems. Policy implications based on these results are discussed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10