Need for and Barriers to Inclusion in Health Research of Justice-Involved Youth

Bouregy, Susan; Chapman, John F.; Grigorenko, Elena L.

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“…Untreated mental health needs can also increase youths’ risk for continued justice involvement (Constantine et al, 2013; Wibbelink et al, 2017). Accordingly, justice-involved youth often present with specialized problems that may not be sufficiently targeted via traditional services for their nonjustice-involved counterparts (Bouregy et al, 2012).…”

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Technology for assessment and treatment of justice-involved youth: A systematic literature review.

Grove¹,

King²,

Vasquez³

et al. 2021

Law and Human Behavior

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Objective: We conducted a systematic literature review of e-mental health technologies in juvenile justice contexts. Hypotheses: Our exploratory research questions were as follows: First, what types of e-mental health exist for justice-involved youth, their caregivers, and juvenile justice professionals? Second, what are the characteristics of studies that have examined these technologies? Third, what have studies found about the effectiveness, reliability, or validity of e-mental health in treating and assessing juvenile justice populations? And fourth, what advantages and disadvantages exist for e-mental health use in juvenile justice? Method: We screened 759 articles and retained 36 for review. We included articles that investigated e-mental health for the assessment or treatment of justice-involved youth and their caregivers. We excluded technologies not directly related to assessment or treatment as well as samples of at-risk youth with no justice involvement. Results: We identified four types of e-mental health technologies: Interventions with technology-facilitated interpersonal communication (e.g., telehealth and mHealth), digitized intervention programs, simulation games, and computerized assessments. Most study designs were experimental/quasi-experimental or qualitative/descriptive, followed closely by repeated measures/pretest-posttest. A majority of evidence suggested that e-mental health technologies were potentially effective or valid for treatment and assessment, especially telehealth. Advantages included positive opinions of users, increased access to care, and efficiency; disadvantages included barriers to accessing technology, privacy concerns, and lack of clear effectiveness, reliability, or validity data. Conclusions: Although the available evidence for e-mental health for juvenile justice is promising, the current literature base appears generally underdeveloped and nuanced. Worthwhile future directions include continued development of technologies and more rigorously conducted studies to support further implementation of e-mental health for juvenile justice.Public Significance Statement E-mental health, and especially telehealth, has shown some potential as a set of strategies to increase justice-involved youths' access to needed behavioral health care. However, such potential requires more rigorous empirical investigation, including greater attention to the risk for health disparities that may stem from inequitable access to or delivery of e-mental health.

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confidence: 99%

Technology for assessment and treatment of justice-involved youth: A systematic literature review.

Grove¹,

King²,

Vasquez³

et al. 2021

Law and Human Behavior

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“…Moreover, data on the general educational attainment and specific strengths and weaknesses in the learning profiles among these individuals are also lacking. In general, these populations, especially juveniles who are court involved, have been viewed as understudied (Bouregy, Chapman, & Grigorenko, 2012). Research questions pertaining to the manifestations, comorbidities, and etiologies of LD in court-involved juveniles have been referred to as one of the most recalcitrant issues in the field of LD (Geib, Chapman, D’Amaddio, & Grigorenko, 2011).…”

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Academic Achievement Among Juvenile Detainees

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The literature has long pointed to heightened frequencies of learning disabilities (LD) within the population of law offenders; however, a systematic appraisal of these observations, careful estimation of these frequencies, and investigation of their correlates and causes have been lacking. Here we present data collected from all youth (1,337 unique admissions, mean age 14.81, 20.3% females) placed in detention in Connecticut (January 1, 2010–July 1, 2011). All youth completed a computerized educational screener designed to test a range of performance in reading (word and text levels) and mathematics. A subsample (n = 410) received the Wide Range Achievement Test, in addition to the educational screener. Quantitative (scale-based) and qualitative (grade-equivalence-based) indicators were then analyzed for both assessments. Results established the range of LD in this sample from 13% to 40%, averaging 24.9%. This work provides a systematic exploration of the type and severity of word and text reading and mathematics skill deficiencies among juvenile detainees and builds the foundation for subsequent efforts that may link these deficiencies to both more formal, structured, and variable definitions and classifications of LD, and to other types of disabilities (e.g., intellectual disability) and developmental disorders (e.g., ADHD) that need to be conducted in future research.

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Forensic Settings and Juvenile Justice

Herrera

Kubik

Docherty

et al. 2018

The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

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The National Center for Juvenile Justice estimated that 54,000 juveniles are held in out-of-home placements daily and indicated that in 2013, over 31 million youth were under juvenile court jurisdiction. Detainment of juveniles often triggers or exacerbates mental health issues. The breadth and depth of the juvenile justice system means that there are several different points at which clinical psychologists and other mental health professionals might serve youth within the system. The most effective intervention approaches tend to rely on cognitive behavioral strategies, behavioral skill development and generalization, and family involvement. For clinicians wishing to enter the juvenile justice field, it is important to understand the goals of the juvenile justice system, how this system was established, and how its structures and processes affect involved youth.

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Need for and Barriers to Inclusion in Health Research of Justice-Involved Youth

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Technology for assessment and treatment of justice-involved youth: A systematic literature review.

Technology for assessment and treatment of justice-involved youth: A systematic literature review.

Academic Achievement Among Juvenile Detainees

Forensic Settings and Juvenile Justice

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