The Effects of Treatment Needs and Prior Social Services Use on Juvenile Court Decision Making

Autor/inn/en	Schwalbe, Craig S.; Hatcher, Schnavia Smith; Maschi, Tina
Titel	The Effects of Treatment Needs and Prior Social Services Use on Juvenile Court Decision Making
Quelle	In: Social Work Research, 33 (2009) 1, S.31-40 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1070-5309
Schlagwörter	Judges; Delinquency; Juvenile Courts; Court Litigation; Social Services; Adolescents; Decision Making; Influences; Predictor Variables; Gender Differences; Intervention; Placement; Correctional Institutions + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Judge; Richter; Kriminalität; Juvenile court; Jugendgericht; Rechtsstreit; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Prädiktor; Geschlechterkonflikt; Betriebspraktikum; Praktikum; Jugendstrafvollzug
Abstract	Every year, juvenile court judges commit large numbers of delinquent youths to institutional placements. Prior research indicates that both legal and extra-legal factors influence this decision-making process. Less frequently examined is the role of treatment needs and prior social services use. This study examined the influence of treatment needs and prior social services use on the dispositions of 187 delinquent juveniles. It found that treatment needs and prior social services use predicted disposition severity when controlling for other legal and extra-legal factors. Moreover, it showed that some of these effects were conditioned by gender. These results suggest the need to create more opportunities to divert delinquent youths into community-based interventions to prevent or delay institutional placements. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10