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Effective family‐based program options for justice‐involved youth Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Yu‐Shan Chiang, Theresa A. Ochoa, Yusra Ibrahim
Families play a significant role both in youth's development of criminal behavior and in their desistance of criminal behavior. Nonetheless, programming for families of justice‐involved youth is limited. This article describes two family‐based programs found in the National Institute of Justice CrimeSolutions database. Among 19 programs for families, only the Functional Family Therapy and Multidimensional
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Operationalizing therapeutic jurisprudence in the family law system Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Glenda Lux, Jon Amundson
The family law system requires change to improve family outcomes, and the operationalization of therapeutic jurisprudence may be part of the solution. In this paper, the authors propose The Confluent Family Law Model, which realigns mental health professionals with the court to utilize their expertise better, mitigate problems with child custody evaluations, reduce system noise, and improve decision
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Successful outcomes in juvenile justice: Overcoming community based and correctional challenges Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Michelle L. Willingham
The juvenile justice system has long struggled with practices for understanding, preventing, and intervening in delinquency. Debates concerning youth delinquency, diversion efforts, and effective rehabilitation have consistently been examined. However, the answers to most of these fundamental approaches remain unresolved. Mental health is a major concern for juveniles under a correctional treatment
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Incarcerated youth and their siblings: A review of historical and current context, and future directions Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Micheal Garza, Claire Williams
The 2020 Juvenile Residential Facility Census reports that roughly 25,000 youth in the United States (U.S.) are incarcerated—placing the United States as the leading nation in number of juveniles in correctional facilities worldwide. This paper aims to highlight an overlooked population impacted by this issue: not the incarcerated youth themselves, but their siblings. This paper first grounds historical
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Cost analysis of a rural family treatment court: Is this enhanced approach “worth it”? Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Margaret Lloyd Sieger, Cynthia Nichols, Jessica Becker, Jody Brook
The rate of children entering foster care due to parental substance use continues to climb, particularly in rural areas. States and localities grappling with how to best serve these cases may be interested in implementing family treatment courts (FTC) but unsure of the return on investment for this enhanced approach. The few existing cost analyses of FTC focus primarily on large programs in urban settings
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Overview of the innovative Family Treatment Drug Court model in Kentucky Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Ashley R. Logsdon, Becky F. Antle, Andreana Bridges, Martin T. Hall, Anita P. Barbee, Amy Spriggs, Cindy Kamer
Family Treatment Drug Courts (FTDCs) have been implemented to assist families involved with the child welfare system due to substance use. This article describes an enhanced version of a Family Treatment Drug Court intervention which builds on the traditional FTDC model but includes adaptations that add theoretically driven components to the basic FTDC model that aim to strengthen not only permanency
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The cost of closed doors: Media access to dependency courts linked to indicators of accountability and public awareness Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Nathan Witkin
Given the broad consensus about protecting children from abuse and neglect and safeguarding parental rights, the scarcity of funding for the US child welfare system indicates a lack of public awareness into child dependency as a pervasive social problem. The contribution of closed dependency courts to this public disengagement is measurable in state-level differences in child welfare outcomes. By comparing
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The influence of perceived parenting styles on Korean children's delinquent behaviors when accounting for gender differences Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Bora Lee, Joseph Cochran
Parenting styles studies which used US data have shown positive effects of authoritative parenting styles and negative effects of permissive and authoritarian parenting styles on the adolescents' behavioral development. The effects of parenting styles were predictive within the juvenile population of the United States. The current study introduces questions about the influence of culture and gender
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The interaction of mental health and race and ethnicity in juvenile justice placement decisions Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Samantha M. Margherio, Adam T. Schmidt, Danielle Boekankamp, Erin M. Espinosa
We investigated the interaction of mental health needs and race and ethnicity on juvenile justice placement decisions. Mental health diagnoses and placement decisions were collected for a large (n = 9765) sample of justice-involved youth in the state of Texas from 2007 to 2008. Analyses revealed Black and Hispanic youth were overrepresented in secure facilities, although race and ethnicity were not
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Recidivism in a juvenile court-sponsored delinquency prevention program Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 James O. Windell, Bradley N. Axelrod
Previous research on the rates of juvenile re-offending have been found to be as high as 66% when measuring recidivism by rearrest and as high as 33% when measuring re-offending by reconvictions within one to three years of release. However, accurately estimating a national juvenile recidivism rate is problematic. This is even more complicated when attempting to determine recidivism for delinquency
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Age at migration matters: Offending among the first generation Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Omar Melchor Ayala
Recent political events have brought renewed attention to the adaptation of immigrants in the United States, and their involvement in crime. Immigrants vary significantly in terms of when they migrate into the country. According to the Current Population Survey (CPS) (2017), of the population of approximately 13 million foreign-born immigrant children living in the United States, approximately 40%
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Examining the implications of early adolescent attachment on out-of-home placement and family courts Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Adrienne Miller
Few scholars have examined early adolescent attachment in child welfare, where placement is a necessary but forced attachment disruption. The purpose of this nonexperimental quantitative study was to examine the responses of 18- to 24-year-olds (n = 83) who had been in out-of-home care, comparing early adolescent versus non-early adolescent placement, placement setting, and sibling accessibility on
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The relationships among prior gang involvement, current gang involvement, and victimization among youth in residential placement Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2023-06-14 Jim Clark, Amanda B. Gilman, James C. (Buddy) Howell, Meena Harris
This study examines patterns of victimization among youth in residential placement facilities using data from the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement. Findings indicate that gang involvement in residential placement is associated with multiple forms of victimization. However, desistance from gang membership resulted in rates of victimization among gang members that were no different from those
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Trauma-Informed Care for Justice-Involved Youth: A narrative review and synthesis Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2023-06-14 LeRoi Hill, James E. Barnett, James Ward, Allison Morton, Adam T. Schmidt
Justice-involved youth (JIY) experience extremely high prevalence rates of trauma prior to their involvement in the juvenile justice system. Trauma outcomes are heterogeneous, long-term, and may influence JIY outcomes. Although specific evidence-based treatments (EBTs) target trauma symptoms, few studies have examined treatment outcomes in relation to adolescent populations, and even fewer have examined
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Racism and incarcerated African American adolescents Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2023-06-14 Eman Tadros
In the United States, approximately 34% to 36% of juveniles (those under age 17) processed in the court system in 2018 were Black (Abrams et al., 2021). This article examines the dynamics of race with incarcerated Black adolescents. Black adolescents who have been or are incarcerated face similar systemic challenges as any other adolescent and must also be mindful of re-entry into their communities
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Confronting the ghost of Elizabeth Gillam: A new look at Ex parte Crouse (1839) Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2023-06-14 Erica Robison
This article revisits the 1839 Pennsylvania Supreme Court case Ex parte Crouse in light of new historical information. While most legal scholars and historians have analyzed Ex parte Crouse with the assumption that Mary Ann Crouse was sent to the Philadelphia House of Refuge without committing any crime, a search at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania revealed the existence of Crouse's admission
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The Indian Child Welfare Act during the Brackeen years Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Kathryn E. Fort, Adrian T. Smith
From 2017 through 2022, while the Indian Child Welfare Act (“ICWA”) was under direct constitutional attack from Texas, state courts around the country continued hearing appeals on ICWA with virtually no regard for the decision-making happening in Haaland v. Brackeen in the federal courts. For practitioners following or working on both sets of cases, this duality felt surreal, as they practiced their
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Exploring Indian Child Welfare Act implementation and case outcomes Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Alicia Summers
Despite the passage of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) more than four decades ago, little is known about how or how well it is being implemented into practice by the state courts or how implementation may be related to improved outcomes for Indian children and families. This study explores how ICWA implementation in five state court sites is related to case outcomes. One hundred and fifty-one ICWA
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The effectiveness of an ICWA Court at achieving improved ICWA implementation and outcomes: A pre-post intervention study Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Sophia Gatowski, Alicia Summers, Bree Bussey
This article presents findings from a quasi-experimental study of the St. Louis County (Duluth, Minnesota) ICWA Court examining its effectiveness at achieving improved ICWA implementation and a better case process and outcomes for Indian families. Using a case file review method, cases prior to implementing the ICWA Court were compared to post-ICWA Court cases on demographics, case characteristics
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Looking for a system with its head and heart in balance: Using institutional analysis to assess Indian child welfare act implementation in Saint Louis County, Minnesota Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Bree Bussey, Mark Erickson, Sophia Gatowski, Maren Woods, Denise Eng, Amanda Watson
Since the passage of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), state and county human service systems have struggled to implement its provisions in a manner that incorporates the spirit and the letter of the law. This article provides a descriptive overview of a jurisdictionally specific tribal-state partnership team's adaptation of Institutional Analysis, a needs assessment methodology developed by Praxis
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An evaluation framework for juvenile defense: A theory of change and logic model measurements Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2022-12-30 Emily K. Pelletier
This paper presents an evaluation framework for juvenile defense. The evaluation framework establishes a theory of change, logic model categories, and potential measurements for understanding the systemic variation in juvenile defense across the US. Grounded in the US Supreme Court case affirming the due process right to defense counsel, In re Gault, the evaluation framework offers a method of studying
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Improving hearing quality in child welfare cases Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2022-12-30 Judge Robin D. Sage, Tara Grigg Green
Trained observers with vast experience observed and measured over 780 child welfare hearings in five sites to assess what was occurring in hearings. A tool was used to measure the hearing against an ideal standard. The sum and conclusions of those observations are contained herein with recommendations on how to improve the quality of court hearings.
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“We're not your traditional police department.” A qualitative implementation evaluation of a juvenile diversion program Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2022-12-30 James G. Barrett, Esther Lee, Varshini Odayar, Margo Moyer, Benjamin Lê Cook, Dharma E. Cortés
Youth in the juvenile criminal justice system experiencing mental health conditions are often neglected and offered few resources to seek treatment for behavioral health and substance use disorders. This leads to greater recidivism rates, pointing to the need for diversion programs that work directly with youth, family members, schools, and police. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate
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Protecting our youth: Advocating for family services in the juvenile justice system Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2022-12-30 Eman Tadros, Alyssa Vlach
Juveniles are entering the justice system at exceptional rates. Nearly 700,000 minors were arrested in 2019 in the United States, calling for a social justice movement. This paper explores the zero-tolerance policies being implemented in school systems, grades K-12, across the U.S. Schools began implementing zero-tolerance policies in an attempt to control drug-war crimes, regulate firearm activity
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Resolving the paradox of juvenile drug courts: How matching substance abuse needs with juvenile court services reduces recidivism Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2022-09-16 William A. Chernoff, Lisa M. Olson, Tori Rodriguez, Molly O'Krepki, Michael Bisciglia
Research on juvenile drug court (JDC) effectiveness has been largely underwhelming, generally showing mixed results. These findings, however, could be blamed on a deeper court problem: the inaccurate matching of services to needs. Data from a large juvenile court (N = 1,198) show that juveniles with substance abuse needs recidivate less when receiving JDC services than conventional ones. Likewise,
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“No one cares”: Challenges and possibilities for modernizing juvenile detention operations in mississippi Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2022-09-16 Laura M. Gulledge, Charlie Scheer
The status of Mississippi's juvenile corrections landscape was the focus of a 2018 federally-funded study exploring the viability of a comprehensive database of statewide juvenile arrest data. Study findings indicated that the state's juvenile corrections infrastructure was primitive and incapable of sustaining such a database. However, promising elements were found to exist that may drive organizational
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“I've got to break the cycle for my son, so he doesn't go to juvie like his pops”: Interrupting intergenerational patterns of incarceration Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2022-06-24 Taryn VanderPyl, Katelyn Hernandez, Omar Melchor-Ayala
Patterns of incarceration transmit generationally causing damage to families and communities across decades. Literature is replete with studies on the harmful impact of parental incarceration but is missing the voice of those living within this cycle. This study highlights the perspectives and lived experiences of those who have parents who have been incarcerated, are currently incarcerated themselves
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Balancing clinical needs and probation requirements within CSEC specialty courts Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2022-06-24 Elizabeth Gale-Bentz, Florencia Iturri, Tracey Wheeler, Connie F. Nelke
As juvenile justice systems across the country explore ways to best serve youth who have been commercially sexually exploited, challenges may arise between youths' clinically indicated needs and the probation-driven requirements of CSEC specialty court involvement. This article explores some of the clinical-probation dualities CSEC specialty courts may encounter, conceptualized as tensions related
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Police in schools: The complicated impact on students, school environments, and the juvenile courts Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2022-06-24 Christopher A. Mallett
Having police officers in schools (school resource officers - SROs) is controversial with a growing debate as their presence has proliferated nationally over the past twenty years. A majority of high schools and middle schools today have police on campus providing a variety of services, though primarily law enforcement. While the intent is to provide improved school safety and protection to students
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Judges’ perceptions of facility dogs in the courtroom Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2022-04-09 Arial R. Meyer, Christine M. McDermott, Monica K. Miller, Shawn Marsh
We examined judges’ perceptions of facility dogs used to comfort witnesses during testimony in courtrooms. Content analysis of an open-ended survey question revealed that most judges support facility dog use to some degree, especially for children and in family, dependency, or juvenile courts. Perceived benefits included providing emotional support for witnesses who then could be calmer and provide
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Operationalizing ICWA compliance to improve Native American child & family outcomes Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2022-04-09 Melanie Sage, Carenlee Barkdull
The 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) is a federal law enacted to prevent the unnecessary removal of tribal children from their families and cultures. This methodological report describes how a research team operationalized court compliance with ICWA through a statewide record audit conducted over three years in a Midwestern state.
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Exploring juvenile court outcomes as a function of judge-youth characteristics and interactions Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2022-04-09 Victoria A. Knoche, Shawn C. Marsh, Tahliah Skinner-Ling
This study examined judge-juvenile verbal interaction characteristics, demographics, and demographic match at adjudication and their associations with juveniles’ behavioral outcomes. Data were collected from audio recordings of hearings and case files from 86 delinquency cases adjudicated in an urban juvenile court in the Southwestern United States as part of a larger research project involving observable
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Effective communication with participants in court hearings: using polyvagal theory in the courtroom Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2022-04-09 Rebecca Bailey, Elizabeth Bailey
The polyvagal theory introduces the premise that the autonomic nervous system (ANS) has an essential role in detecting threats and calming social engagement. In busy courtrooms, the subtle nuances of communication can be missed or overlooked. Messages of threat activate an autonomic state from calm to agitated beneath conscious awareness. When shifts occur, information can be misunderstood or misinterpreted
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Concerns about the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Justice-Involved and Low-Income Youth Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2021-12-06 Caitlin Cavanagh, Isabelle Clough, April Gile Thomas
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused immense change and stress among adolescents. Yet, little is known about youths’ concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is particularly true among youth who have been highly impacted by the pandemic—namely, justice system-involved youth, low-income youth, and youth who consider themselves to be low status. Youth from the community, youth on probation, and incarcerated
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The Impact of Engagement on Child Welfare Families Involved with Family Treatment Drug Courts Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2021-12-06 Ashley R. Logsdon, Becky F. Antle, Rebecca S. Katz, Anita P. Barbee, Cindy Kamer, Amy Spriggs
Family Treatment Drug Courts are multidisciplinary teams that engage child welfare families in substance use treatment and reunification court services. This quasi-experimental study evaluates the impact of engagement strategies with 36 participants. Participants experienced high levels of engagement with the court, child welfare workers, and their clinical providers. There were significant differences
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Is Civility Dead? Judges’ Perceptions of Incivility in the Courtroom Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2021-12-06 Kristan N. Russell, Charles P. Edwards, Monica K. Miller, Brielle K. Jackson
In response to The National Judicial College’s Question of the Month (n=831) in April 2018, almost 45% of judges reported that civility was declining in their courtrooms. A content analysis of judges’ comments revealed that judges experience a broad range of incivility including uncivil behavior, speech, and self-presentation. Similarly, the sources of incivility appear to come from a variety of individuals
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Criminal to Civil Reforms on Stalking: A History and Recommendations for Model Responses Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2021-10-11 Carol E. Jordan, LaKeysha Singleton, Jason Shea Fleming
As awareness about stalking has grown, so has an understanding that the justice system has not effectively protected victims from that unique crime. In 1990, California implemented reforms in stalking criminal laws, and by the end of the 1990s all states had done so. In 1994, federal anti-stalking laws were passed. Early research found limited success with new stalking laws as most did not result in
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In Their Own Words: The Impact of Indirect Trauma Exposure on Judges Presiding Over Cases Involving Minors Involved in Sex Trafficking Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2021-08-20 Ginny Sprang, Jennifer Cole, Christine Leistner
Though secondary traumatic stress has been researched extensively among professionals working with youth in diverse professions, there is limited information about judicial experiences working with trafficked youth. This qualitative study involves 82 interviews with juvenile and family court judges to understand the impact of indirect trauma exposure. Over 80% of respondents describe symptoms of secondary
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Runaway History and Past 30-Day Opioid Misuse in Justice-Involved Adolescents Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2021-08-23 Micah E. Johnson, Shawnta L. Lloyd, Skye C. Bristol, Giselle Rosel, Ayodeji A. Otufowora, Nathan N. Epps
This study used a sample from the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (n= 79,960) to analyze the association between runaway history and past 30-day opioid misuse (OM) among justice involved adolescents. Past 30-day OM was confirmed using a urine analysis. Adolescents who were runaways in their lifetime were twice as likely to misuse opioids, and those who were runaways at the time of arrest were
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“Man Up”: Sex-Differentiated Pathways of Juvenile Delinquency through Trauma, Borderline Traits & Offense Patterns Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2021-08-26 Kathryn A. McGill, Tres Stefurak
Juvenile delinquency presents a significant fiscal and moral cost to society; given the ability for early intervention and changing offending trajectories, it is essential to understand potential risk factors and offending patterns in justice-involved youth. The current study examined features of 193 male and 96 female profiles on the Personality Assessment Inventory – Adolescent (PAI-A) in conjunction
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Withdrawal Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2021-09-18 Carol E. Jordan
Withdrawal: Carol E. Jordan, Adult Victim and Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: Mental Health Implications and Interventions, Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 2021, (https://doi.org/10.1111/jfcj.12205).
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Reimagining Youth Justice: How the Dual Crises of COVID-19 and Racial Injustice Inform Judicial Policymaking and Reform Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2021-07-14 Alysha Gagnon, Samahria Alpern
The COVID-19 pandemic and the rejuvenated movement for racial justice in 2020 have presented an opportunity to reimagine the roles, practices, and policies of juvenile and family court systems actors. In order to capture contemporary ideas about judicial practice and policy reforms, semi-structured interviews were conducted with Hon. Edwina Mendelson, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the Office
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Contributions of Three Criminological Theories to Explore Violent Delinquency of Urban Adolescents in Chicago’s Southside Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2021-07-14 Jun Sung Hong, Jungtae Choi, Luz E. Robinson, Anthony A. Peguero, Dorothy L. Espelage, Dexter R. Voisin
This study aims to compare the applicability of the Social Disorganization Theory, General Strain Theory, and Social Control Theory in the exploration of violent delinquency in Chicago’s Southside. The study participants included 546 adolescents in Chicago. Descriptive statistics, bivariate correlation, and multivariate regression analyses were conducted. Supporting the Social Disorganization Theory
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Supporting and Expanding Statewide CASA Programs Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2021-07-14 Heidi Brocious, Kathi R. Trawver, Rebecca Griffin
Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) programs around the U.S. are searching for ways to increase the number of volunteers they can recruit and retain so more youth in care can be served. Through focus groups and interviews, study authors collected and analyzed qualitative data on the essential tasks of CASA volunteers, while also soliciting ideas regarding program expansion. Four themes were identified:
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Using Emancipation Checklists with Youths Aging Out of Foster Care: An Example from Prince George’s County Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2021-07-21 Corey Shdaimah, Alicia Summers, Eunsong Park
This study examined implementation of a 12-item questionnaire, the Emancipation Checklist, designed to help child welfare judicial decision-makers (JD) identify and monitor older youth achievement of milestones toward adulthood. Drawing on case file reviews, focus groups with professional stakeholders and young adults, and court observations, we found that stakeholders, including youths in foster care
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The Human Side of COVID‐19 Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2021-04-12 Robert A. Simon, Judge Dan H. Michael, Judge Katherine L. Lucero, Judge Guido A. DeAngelis
The COVID‐19 pandemic has had, and continues to have, a broad, deep, and pervasive impact on our lives, our work, and how our justice system functions. While it is easy to contemplate the “system” as a massive behemoth that is impervious, impersonal, and impenetrable, the truth is that the “system” is made up of people. The men and women whose work is the building blocks of the justice system are individuals
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The Impact of Child‐Parent Psychotherapy on Child Dependency Court Outcomes Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2021-04-12 Katherine P. Hazen, Matthew W. Carlson, Meredith L. Cartwright, Claire Patnode, Jennie Cole‐Mossman, Samantha Byrns, Kelli Hauptman, Joy Osofsky
Although parental compliance with court orders in child welfare cases is key to achieving physical parent‐child reunification and successful case closure, little research has examined how parent‐child relationship‐focused rehabilitative services uniquely influence case outcomes. This project fills this gap by investigating links between court ordering of and parental participation in Child‐Parent Psychotherapy
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Contextualizing the Impact of Legal Representation on Juvenile Delinquency Outcomes: A Review of Research and Policy Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2021-04-12 Stuti S. Kokkalera, Annmarie Tallas, Kelly Goggin
This study examines the empirical research on legal representation in delinquency proceedings and situates it in the broader investigation of how states provide legal assistance to juvenile defendants. Our review of empirical studies found that attorney presence was an aggravating factor in dispositional decisions. After closely examining state statutory provisions on legal representation in juvenile
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Examining Callous‐unemotional Traits and Anxiety in a Sample of Incarcerated Adolescent Females Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2021-04-12 Avital Y. Deskalo, Nathalie M. G. Fontaine
Callous‐unemotional (CU) traits (e.g., lack of guilt and empathy) are a risk factor associated with antisocial behavior. Youth with CU traits can be differentiated by varying levels of co‐occurring anxiety. In this study, we examined CU variants in incarcerated adolescent females (n = 109) and their associations with emotional and behavioral problems and history of maltreatment. Semi‐structured interviews
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Family‐Centered Practice in Adult Treatment Courts: What Can We Learn from the Family Treatment Court Best Practice Standards? Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2021-04-12 Margaret H. Lloyd Sieger, Jeri B. Cohen, Xholina Nano
Estimates suggest that upwards of 50% of participants in adult treatment courts (ATC) are parents. Previous studies point to negative impacts of unmet parenting needs on substance use treatment and criminal justice outcomes, and that family‐centered practices such as parenting classes substantially reduce recidivism among ATC participants. Judges and team members interested in adopting family‐centered
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Corrigendum Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2020-12-29
In the article by Anthony Petrosino al., the funding information “Acknowledgment: This project was supported by Grant # 2014‐DC‐BX‐K001 awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, now managed by the National Institute of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this report are those
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School Shootings and Security Lock‐downs: Myths, Positive School Climates, and Safer Campuses Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2020-12-29 Christopher A. Mallett
School shooting tragedies and the juvenile justice system’s movement toward a retributive and punitive framework gravely impacted how primary and secondary school students, disproportionately urban districts, used security measures to lock down campuses and build “fortress‐like” schools. This iteration of control on school campuses emerged in tandem with the most recent generation’s zero tolerance
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An Examination of the Relationship Between Media Exposure and Fear of Victimization: Implications of the Superpredator Narrative on Juvenile Justice Policies Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2020-12-29 Terrence T. Allen, Ahmed Whitt
The media allow crime to infiltrate the public’s consciousness in every conceivable way, thereby playing a major role in shaping the public’s opinion and attitude toward crime and crime issues (Barak, 1995; Fields & Jerin, 1996; Kappeler & Potter, 2005). Reporters constantly talk about crime, and crime related stories dominate the headlines of local and national newspaper outlets (Dowler, 2003; Pizarro
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Feedback on Forensic Mental Health Assessments in a Juvenile Court Clinic Certification Program Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2020-12-29 Frank DiCataldo, Rachel L. Serafinski, Danielle C. Beam, Thomas Grisso
Public‐sector mental health systems have set forth specialized practice competencies for forensic mental health clinicians conducting court‐ordered examinations. This study examined a sample of feedback letters to clinicians who submitted mid‐training and final reports for review as part of the requirements for certification as a juvenile court clinician. The most common feedback points were insufficient/irrelevant
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MI Implementation in Juvenile Justice: A Case Report Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2020-12-29 Merrian J. Brooks, Joshua Leskovac, Mark F. Benedetto, Elizabeth Miller, Edward P. Mulvey
Motivational interviewing (MI) is a communication style focused on enhancing clients’ own motivation towards change. In the justice system MI has evidence to support that it enhances communication and change behaviors in youth. As most MI training is designed for healthcare settings training and implementation of MI must be adapted to fit the juvenile justice model. This includes both rehabilitation
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A Roadmap for CANS Validation Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2020-12-29 David R. Kraus
In nearly every jurisdiction, juvenile or family courts will be using the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) tool to assess whether children can safely be treated in family‐like settings to meet federal Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) requirements. Yet, a number of peer‐reviewed publications have raised serious concerns regarding the lack of CANS validation research. Rather
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Message From The Managing Editor: Call for COVID‐19 Manuscripts Related To COVID‐19's Impact and System Responses Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2020-09-28
The Juvenile & Family Court Journal focuses on issues of interest to the field of juvenile and family justice, including child abuse and neglect, juvenile delinquency, domestic violence, substance abuse, child custody and visitation, judicial leadership, and related topics. Since the pandemic began wreaking havoc on communities all across the country, the COVID‐19 virus has been an important topic
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The Courts, Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Illness: The Case of Dwight Lamon Jones Juvenile and Family Court Journal (IF 0.556) Pub Date : 2020-09-28 Neil Websdale
Through the lens of the high‐profile spree killing perpetrated by Dwight Lamon Jones in 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona, this article examines the way the criminal and civil courts grappled with assessing the significance, extent, and outcome of the IPV and abuse directed at Dr. Connie Jones, Dwight Jones’s former wife. The case is unusual, not least because Dr. Jones had an upper middle‐class income and