Relying on interpretations of the symbolic threat thesis as a theoretical framework, in particular the emphasis on the perceptions of decision-makers and stereotyping, the authors examine the extent to which the effects of race on youth justice outcomes are influenced by gender and family status. They are especially interested in the individual and joint effects among the three. Although some s...

Laurie Chassin focuses on the elevated prevalence of substance use disorders among young offenders in the juvenile justice system and on efforts by the justice system to provide treatment for these disorders. She emphasizes the importance of diagnosing and treating these disorders, which are linked both with continued offending and with a broad range of negative effects, such as smoking, risky ...

I only me.” These were the tragic words spoken by Charles “Andy” Williams as the San Diego Sheriff’s Department SWAT team closed in on the frail high school sophomore who had just turned 15 years old. Williams had just shot a number of his classmates at Santana High School, killing 2 and wounding 13. This was another in a series of school shootings that shocked the nation; however, the young Mr...

High morbidity of mental disorders among juvenile offenders has been confirmed by several studies, thus challenging both the juvenile justice system and the mental health system. Data from developed countries may not reflect the situation in low-income countries and therefore cannot form a basis for intervention. No similar study has been done in Sudan. The objective to determine prevalence of ...

tool for controlling juvenile offenders; however, little attention has been paid to the programs that need to be linked with them. In this bulletin, we describe a systematic approach to developing practice guidelines from the large body of outcome research on delinquency programs and using this knowledge to evaluate and improve routine programs spanning the continuum from prevention to treatmen...

The dual requirement to ensure community safety and promote a youthful offender's positive development permeates policy and frames daily practice in juvenile justice. Balancing those two demands, explain Edward Mulvey and Anne-Marie Iselin, requires justice system professionals at all levels to make extremely difficult decisions about the likely risk and amenability to treatment of adolescent o...

Although boys engage in more delinquent and criminal acts than do girls, female delinquency is on the rise. In 1980, boys were four times as likely as girls to be arrested; today they are only twice as likely to be arrested. In this article, Elizabeth Cauffman explores how the juvenile justice system is and should be responding to the adolescent female offender. Cauffman begins by reviewing his...

The Northwestern Juvenile Project is a study of 1,829 juveniles sampled from intake at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center in Chicago, IL. Researchers gathered extensive self-report data on substance use and collected urine samples for drug analysis. This Bulletin describes the self-report and urinalysis findings, with the goal of providing practical guidance for juvenile justic...

The Orange County Probation Department has launched an aggressive multi-agency initiative aimed at reforming juvenile detention guidelines by offering alternatives to traditional detention. The vehicle for reform is the innovative, evidence-based Risk Assessment Instrument (RAI) point system of the Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative (JDAI), a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The...

(2008). Keeping families Together? Exploring placement of children with severe emotional disturbances in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Abstract Introduction