First-Time Violent Juvenile Offenders: Probation, Placement, and Recidivism.
Rising costs, inefficient systems, and high recidivism rates have recently challenged the social and economic value of secure confinement for juvenile offenders; however, current empirical evidence is inconclusive concerning the value of placing violent youth offenders in secure settings to deter th...
| Publicado en: | Social Work Research Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 7 - 19 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=95480107&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 95480107 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10705309 SWK jtl: Social Work Research issn: 10705309 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2014 vid: 38 iid: 1 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 95480107 10.1093/swr/svu004 ppf: 7 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 452KB tig: atl: First-Time Violent Juvenile Offenders: Probation, Placement, and Recidivism. aug: au: Ryan, Joseph P. Abrams, Laura S. Huang, Hui affil: Joseph P. Ryan, PhD, is associate professor, School of Social Work, University of Michigan. Laura S. Adams, PhD, is associate professor, University of California, Los Angeles. Hui Huang, PhD, is assistant professor, Florida International University, Miami. Address correspondence to Joseph Ryan, School of Social Work, University of Michigan, 1080 South University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; su: California Black people Hispanic Americans Juvenile offenders Probation Race Recidivism Violence Chi-squared test Statistics Survival analysis (Biometry) Logistic regression analysis Multiple regression analysis Data analysis software Descriptive statistics sug: subj: Black people Hispanic Americans Juvenile offenders Probation Race Recidivism Violence California Federal correctional services Parole Offices and Probation Offices Chi-squared test Statistics Survival analysis (Biometry) Logistic regression analysis Multiple regression analysis Data analysis software Descriptive statistics keyword: juvenile delinquency recidivism violence juvenile delinquency recidivism violence ab: Rising costs, inefficient systems, and high recidivism rates have recently challenged the social and economic value of secure confinement for juvenile offenders; however, current empirical evidence is inconclusive concerning the value of placing violent youth offenders in secure settings to deter them from future involvement in crime. Using propensity score matching and survival analysis, this study examined the risk of recidivism for first-time violent juvenile offenders assigned to one of three judicial dispositions in Los Angeles County: in-home probation, group-home placement, or probation camp (a secure setting). Approximately half (48%) of first-time violent offenders experienced a subsequent arrest, and the risk of re-offending varied by disposition. Compared with in-home probation, the likelihood of recidivism was 2.12 times greater for youths assigned to probation camps and 1.28 times greater for youths assigned to group homes. African American adolescents, Hispanic adolescents, and adolescents with an open child welfare case were also at an increased risk of recidivism. The findings from this study indicate that in-home probation is a more sensible and effective approach to interrupting criminal trajectories of first-time violent offenders as compared with out-of-home placements. Implications for research, system collaboration, and the training of social work professionals are discussed. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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