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Research Topics - Adolescent Offenders

 
DETENTION TO COMMUNITY (DTC): A FAMILY-BASED SUBSTANCE ABUSE, DELINQUENCY AND HIV PREVENTION INTERVENTION FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS

Drug abuse and related risk behaviors by young offenders are among the nation’s most urgent public health priorities.  While there have been important advances in the development of specialized treatments for the constellation of risk behaviors associated with teen drug abuse in the past decade, little progress has been made in addressing the overwhelming problem of drug abuse and related risk behaviors among juvenile detainees.  Facilitating Adolescent Offenders’ Reintegration from Juvenile Detention to Community Life will:

  • Adapt existing science-based interventions in order to develop specialized services that will address drug abuse, delinquency, and sexual risk taking among juvenile detainees. 
  • Test an innovative, phasic, multiple-systems intervention in which the in-detention work provides a platform for the adolescent’s return to the community. 
  • Test a family-based HIV/AIDS prevention intervention in comparison to standard HIV prevention. 

  Liddle, H. (2006). CJDATS Brief Report: Facilitating Adloescent Offenders' Reintegration from Juvenile Detention to Community Life.
 
  Liddle, H. (2005). MDFT Fact Sheet.
 
  Liddle, H. (2005). Testing a Family-Based, Drug Abuse and HIV Prevention Intervention to Facilitate Adolescent Offenders' Reintegration from Juvenile Detentions to Community Life. Presented at the Bethesda CJDATS Stakeholder Meeting.
 
  Rowe, C. (2004). Family-Based Interventions for Substance Abusing Juvenile Offenders. Presented at the National TASC Conference.
 
A COMPARISON OF TWO REENTRY STRATEGIES FOR DRUG ABUSING JUVENILE OFFENDERS

The Two Reentry Strategies study responds to the critical need to implement, evaluate, and identify effective reentry programs for adolescents with substance use problems involved in the juvenile justice system.  The study involves two phases: 

  • Phase 1 is a short-term project involving a cross sectional assessment of drug-involved youths receiving treatment in justice system residential facilities.  Its purpose is to classify juveniles, according to those whose substance use is the primary problem vs. those whose substance use is secondary to other problems such as psychiatric disorders, criminal involvement, or experience of physical, sexual, or psychological trauma.  (Completed)
  • Phase 2 is a longer-term study that compares two reentry protocols:  Cognitive Restructuring (CR), and alternative aftercare services (AAS) in regard to post-reentry treatment outcomes, and examine interactions of these programs with the youth profiles identified in Phase 1. A pilot study is being conducted at one site, which involves a comparison of CR and AAS with Functional Family Therapy (FFT).  Findings from this pilot study will be used to guide further research initiatives.

  Jainchill, N., Dembo, R., Turner, C., Fong, C., & Farkas S. (2007). A Comparison of Two Reentry Strategies for Drug Abusing Juvenile Offenders.
 
  Jainchill, N. (2006). Delinquency & Drug Use: Profiles of Youth in Juvenile Justice Implications for Treatment & Community Reentry. Presented at the 2006 Joint Meeting on Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness (JMATE).
 
  Dembo, R. (2005). Subtypes of Delinquent Youth: Delinquency and Drug Use Among Incarcerated Youths in Three States. Presented at the American Society of Criminology's Conference Poster Session.
 
  Dembo, R. (2005). Subtypes of Delinquent Youth: Delinquency and Drug Use Among Incarcerated Youths in Three States Presentation Handout 1: Latent Class Model.
 
  Dembo, R. (2005). Subtypes of Delinquent Youth: Delinquency and Drug Use Among Incarcerated Youths in Three States Presentation Handout 2: Appendix A.
 
  Jainchill, N. (2005). A Comparison of Three Reentry Strategies For Drug Abusing Juvenile Offenders. Presented at the Bethesda CJDATS Stakeholder Meeting.
 
  Jainchill, N. (2005). CJDATS Brief Report: Comparing Three Reentry Strategies for Drug Abusing Juvenile Offenders.
 
  Jainchill, N. (2004). Innovative Reentry Strategies for Adolescents: The Transition Home. Presented at the National TASC Conference.

Last modified at 10/3/2009 2:30 PM  by rickz 
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