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Behavioral health care needs, detention-based care, and criminal recidivism at community reentry from Juvenile detention: A multisite survival curve analysis

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  • Aalsma, M.C.
  • White, L.M.
  • Lau, K.S.L.
  • Perkins, A.
  • Monahan, P.
  • Grisso, T.

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Objectives. We examined the provision of behavioral health services to youths detained in Indiana between 2008 and 2012 and the impact of services on recidivism. Method. We obtained information about behavioral health needs, behavioral health treatment received, and recidivism within 12 months after release for 8363 adolescents (aged 12-18 years; 79.4% male). We conducted survival analyses to determine whether behavioral health services significantly affected time to recidivating. Results. Approximately 19.1% of youths had positive mental health screens, and 25.3% of all youths recidivated within 12 months after release. Of youths with positive screens, 29.2% saw a mental health clinician, 16.1% received behavioral health services during detention, and 30.0% received referrals for postdetention services. Survival analyses showed that being male, Black, and younger, and having higher scores on the substance use or irritability subscales of the screen predicted shorter time to recidivism. Receiving a behavior precaution, behavioral health services in detention, or an assessment in the community also predicted shorter time to recidivating. Conclusions. Findings support previous research showing that behavioral health problems are related to recidivism and that Black males are disproportionately rearrested after detention.

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  • Aalsma, M.C. & White, L.M. & Lau, K.S.L. & Perkins, A. & Monahan, P. & Grisso, T., 2015. "Behavioral health care needs, detention-based care, and criminal recidivism at community reentry from Juvenile detention: A multisite survival curve analysis," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 105(7), pages 1372-1378.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2014.302529_2
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302529
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    1. Kim, Bo-Kyung Elizabeth & Quinn, Camille R. & Logan-Greene, Patricia & DiClemente, Ralph & Voisin, Dexter, 2020. "A longitudinal examination of African American adolescent females detained for status offense," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
    2. Otsu, Yuki & Yuen, C.Y. Kelvin, 2022. "Health, crime, and the labor market: Theory and policy analysis," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 144(C).
    3. Jennifer S. Wong & Chelsey Lee & Natalie Beck, 2023. "PROTOCOL: The effects of resettlement/re‐entry services on crime and violence in children and youth: A systematic review," Campbell Systematic Reviews, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 19(1), March.

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