Title
Behavioral Health Care Needs, Detention-Based Care, and Criminal Recidivism at Community Reentry From Juvenile Detention: A Multisite Survival Curve Analysis
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Systems and Psychosocial Advances Research Center
Publication Date
7-1-2015
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Adolescent; Child; Crime; Health Services Needs and Demand; Humans; Indiana; Juvenile Delinquency; Male; Mental Disorders; Mental Health Services; Prisons
Disciplines
Health Services Research | Mental and Social Health | Mental Disorders | Psychiatric and Mental Health | Psychiatry
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We examined the provision of behavioral health services to youths detained in Indiana between 2008 and 2012 and the impact of services on recidivism.
METHOD: We obtained information about behavioral health needs, behavioral health treatment received, and recidivism within 12 months after release for 8363 adolescents (aged 12-18 years; 79.4% male). We conducted survival analyses to determine whether behavioral health services significantly affected time to recidivating.
RESULTS: Approximately 19.1% of youths had positive mental health screens, and 25.3% of all youths recidivated within 12 months after release. Of youths with positive screens, 29.2% saw a mental health clinician, 16.1% received behavioral health services during detention, and 30.0% received referrals for postdetention services. Survival analyses showed that being male, Black, and younger, and having higher scores on the substance use or irritability subscales of the screen predicted shorter time to recidivism. Receiving a behavior precaution, behavioral health services in detention, or an assessment in the community also predicted shorter time to recidivating.
CONCLUSIONS: Findings support previous research showing that behavioral health problems are related to recidivism and that Black males are disproportionately rearrested after detention.
DOI of Published Version
10.2105/AJPH.2014.302529
Source
Am J Public Health. 2015 Jul;105(7):1372-8. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302529. Epub 2015 May 14. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
American journal of public health
Related Resources
PubMed ID
25973804
Repository Citation
Aalsma, Matthew C.; White, Laura M.; Lau, Katherine S. L; Perkins, Anthony; Monahan, Patrick; and Grisso, Thomas, "Behavioral Health Care Needs, Detention-Based Care, and Criminal Recidivism at Community Reentry From Juvenile Detention: A Multisite Survival Curve Analysis" (2015). Systems and Psychosocial Advances Research Center Publications and Presentations. 686.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/psych_cmhsr/686
