TY - JOUR
T1 - Latino youth in the juvenile drug court of orange county, California
AU - Fradella, Henry F.
AU - Fischer, Ryan G.
AU - Kleinpeter, Christine Hagan
AU - Koob, Jeffrey J.
N1 - Funding Information:
The Orange County Juvenile Drug Court (OCJDC) was launched in 1998 from a planning grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Drug Court Program Office. The following year, a Juvenile Accountability and Incentive Block Grant (JAIBG) award provided implementation funds. The collaborative program at the OCJDC involves staff from several agencies—probation, the health care agency, the public defender’s office, the district attorney’s office, and the county’s juvenile court. The primary goal “is to provide a solid foundation to reduce recidivism and to achieve a healthy, productive, and drug-free lifestyle” (Probation Department of the County of Orange, California, nd). Treatment in the OCJDC includes changing behavior patterns, developing supportive systems for the offender, and developing life skills.
PY - 2009/10
Y1 - 2009/10
N2 - This study examines the factors associated with successful completion of the Orange County Juvenile Drug Court (OCJDC) for 232 (164 male and 68 female) adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 years. No significant associations were found between graduation status and participants' age, most serious prior offense, entry offense, primary drug of choice, or secondary drug of choice. While bivariate analyses revealed that Latino ethnicity (especially for females whose parents' primary language was Spanish) and a lack of family involvement in the drug court programs were both negatively associated with successful program completion, these variables were not significantly associated with the likelihood of graduation in logistic regression models predictive of successful program completion. Rather, a shorter history of substance abuse, a history of prior juvenile offenses, and the presence of co-occurring psychiatric disorders all predicted poor completion rates from the OCJDC program, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or levels of family participation. Implications for policy and practices are discussed.
AB - This study examines the factors associated with successful completion of the Orange County Juvenile Drug Court (OCJDC) for 232 (164 male and 68 female) adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 years. No significant associations were found between graduation status and participants' age, most serious prior offense, entry offense, primary drug of choice, or secondary drug of choice. While bivariate analyses revealed that Latino ethnicity (especially for females whose parents' primary language was Spanish) and a lack of family involvement in the drug court programs were both negatively associated with successful program completion, these variables were not significantly associated with the likelihood of graduation in logistic regression models predictive of successful program completion. Rather, a shorter history of substance abuse, a history of prior juvenile offenses, and the presence of co-occurring psychiatric disorders all predicted poor completion rates from the OCJDC program, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or levels of family participation. Implications for policy and practices are discussed.
KW - Adolescent substance abuse
KW - Juvenile drug court
KW - Juvenile probation
KW - Latino youth offenders
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U2 - 10.1080/15377930903382142
DO - 10.1080/15377930903382142
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:71649090681
SN - 1537-7938
VL - 7
SP - 271
EP - 292
JO - Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice
JF - Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice
IS - 4
ER -