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Recidivism Among Justice-Involved Youth: Findings From JJ-TRIALS

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Robertson, Angela A., Fang, Zhou, Weiland, Doris, Joe, George, Gardner, Sheena, Dembo, Richard, Mcreynolds, Larkin, Dickson, Megan, Pankow, Jennifer, Dennis, Michael, Elkington, Katherine·2020·Criminal Justice and Behavior
DOI 10.1177/0093854820922891PMC PMC9285988
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Recidivism, and the factors related to it, remains a highly significant concern among juvenile justice researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. Recent studies highlight the need to examine multiple measures of recidivism as well as conduct multilevel analyses of this phenomenon. Using data collected in a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded Juvenile Justice-Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System (JJ-TRIALS) cooperative agreement, we examined individual- and site-level factors related to 1-year recidivism among probation youth in 20 sites in five states to answer research questions related to how recidivism rates differ across sites and the relationships between individual-level variables and a county-level concentrated disadvantage measure and recidivism. Our findings of large site differences in recidivism rates, and complex relationships between individual and county-level predictors of recidivism, highlight the need for more nuanced, contextually informed, multilevel approaches in studying recidivism among juveniles.

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Robertson, A. A., Fang, Z., Weiland, D., Joe, G., Gardner, S., Dembo, R., Mcreynolds, L., Dickson, M., Pankow, J., Dennis, M., & Elkington, K.
Affiliations
  • Mississippi State University (US)
  • Temple University (US)
  • Texas Christian University (US)
  • University of South Florida (US)
  • Columbia University (US)
  • University of Kentucky (US)
  • Chestnut Health Systems (US)
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Robertson, Angela A.
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Venue
Criminal Justice and Behavior
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2020-05-25
Volume
47
Issue
9
Pages
1059-1078
ISSN
  • 0093-8548 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-3594
DOI
10.1177/0093854820922891
PMC
PMC9285988
OpenAlex
W3031324839
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31
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2026: 5 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1
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3.34
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journal article
Language
en
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journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
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  • Criminal Justice and Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institutes of Health (U01 DA036158, U01 DA036176, U01 DA036221, U01 DA036224, U01 DA036225, U01 DA036226, U01 DA036233)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Law › Legal and Social Justice Studies
Keywords
juvenile recidivism, justice-involved youth, multilevel analysis, juvenile justice intervention

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