In the context of juvenile justice, writes Traci Schlesinger, diversion can mean two things.
Informal diversion includes police officers' decisions to warn and release, probation officers' …

Background Young offenders are known to be a population with high prevalence of mental
health disorders. In most cases, these disorders are neither identified nor treated properly …

Prior research has demonstrated a relationship between adverse childhood experiences
(ACEs) and recidivism among justice-involved youth. It has also been found that drug and …

The majority of juvenile justice-involved youth report significant behavioral health and
trauma concerns. The complexity of the needs of these youth have led many jurisdictions to …

A key variable in the success of a juvenile justice diversion program (ie, avoiding
reoffending) is completing the program. Little is known about which variables predict …

This study evaluates the impact of the Family Integrated Transitions (FIT) program on
juvenile recidivism. FIT is a family-based intervention for youths with co-occurring substance …

Previous scholarship on juvenile case dispositions has suggested a complex relationship
between legal and extra-legal factors. Previous studies, however, have suffered from …

Nationally, well over half of juvenile justice-involved youth report behavioral health
impairment. Although the juvenile justice system may be the first place a youth is screened …

Over the last decade interest in the mental health of young offenders has soared. Given
evidence that rates of mental disorders are remarkably high in adolescent offenders …

Discussing illegal drugs without taking into account its criminal context is a difficult
proposition. Certain questions come back repeatedly: Does doing drugs really lead to …