Coordinated efforts between law enforcement, courts, treatment providers, and social services to reduce reoffending, promote recovery, and address the underlying causes of drug-related crime.
Responding to Drug-Related Offending
Mentoring for preventing and reducing delinquent behavior among youth.
Summary: This review examines research as it relates to mentoring as a prevention strategy for delinquent behavior. The appeal of mentoring as a delinquent behavior prevention strategy is understandable given its relatively low cost and...
Mentoring programs to affect delinquency and associated outcomes of youth at risk: A comprehensive meta-analytic review.
Abstract Objectives: To conduct a meta-analytic review of selective and indicated mentoring interventions for effects for youth at risk on delinquency and key associated outcomes (aggression, drug use, academic functioning). We also...
Examining the effects of Juvenile drug treatment courts: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Abstract We meta-analytically examined program graduation rates among juvenile drug treatment court (JDTC) participants, the effects of JDTCs on recidivism and substance use outcomes, and the variability in these effects. We systematically...
The impact of juvenile drug treatment courts on substance use, mental health, and recidivism: Results from a multisite experimental evaluation.
Abstract Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts (JDTC) emerged in the mid-1990s as a potential solution to concern about substance use among youth in the juvenile justice system (JJS). Despite substantial research, findings on the JDTC...
The effectiveness of juvenile treatment drug courts: A meta-analytic review of literature.
Abstract Reviewed are 31 studies that evaluated recidivism rates from juvenile drug treatment courts relative to a random-assignment or convenience comparison group. Recidivism was defined as re-referral, new charges, or re-arrest. Mean...
Crossroads in juvenile justice: The impact of initial processing decision on youth 5 years after first arrest.
Abstract The current study advances past research by studying the impact of juvenile justice decision making with a geographically and ethnically diverse sample (N = 1,216) of adolescent boys (ages 13-17 years) for the 5 years following...
Closer to home: An analysis of the state and local impact of the Texas juvenile justice reforms.
Closer to Home: An Analysis of the State and Local Impact of the Texas Juvenile Justice Reforms, which draws on an unprecedented dataset of 1.3 million individual case records spanning eight years, shows youth incarcerated in state-run...
Models of prosecutor-led diversion programs in the United States and beyond.
Abstract Diversion programs allow criminal justice actors to send defendants out of the court system, compelling them instead to attend treatment programs, participate in educational opportunities, and/or perform community service. These...
Preventing Youth Arrests through Deflection: Best Practices and Recommendations.
This report, Preventing Youth Arrests through Deflection: Best Practices and Recommendations, is a collection of research-informed best-practices from the Commission for effective deflection programs for youth. As a state advisory group...
Juvenile court and contemporary diversion.
Abstract Research Summary: The juvenile court was established to help children through the use of punishment and rehabilitation and, in so doing, “save” them from a life of crime and disadvantage. Diversion programs and policies emerged in...