Mental Health Service Needs of Juvenile Offenders: A Comparison of Detention, Incarceration, and Treatment Settings

Diverting multi‐problem youth from juvenile justice: investigating the importance of community influence on placement and recidivism

“…placement), and the results presented in this model are consistent with those findings. With regard to mental health and substance abuse, our findings are inconsistent with previous literature (Fader et al, 2001;Lyons et al, 2001) revealing that youth with such problems are less likely to be placed. These findings can be almost entirely attributed to the focus of the project.…”

“…Fader, Harris, Jones, and Poulin (2001) examined a juvenile system in Philadelphia and found that, for first-time offenders, the strongest predictor of residential placement is prior drug abuse. A study by Lyons, Baerger, Quigley, Erlich, and Griffin (2001) compared youth in residential treatment settings with those in detention/incarceration settings. They found that juvenile courts were more likely to incarcerate youth if they had a history of mental health or substance abuse treatment.…”

Reentry of Young Offenders from the Justice System

“…Moreover, because court decisions to place youth in secure facilities are based primarily on adolescents' history of prior arrests, and secondarily on their mental health needs and the availability of appropriate caregivers, there is often a mismatch between an offender's service needs and the services that are available to him or her (Lyons, Baerger, Quigley, Erlich, & Griffin, 2001). …”

Mental Health and Substance-Related Treatment Utilization, Dropout, and Continuity of Care among Detained Adolescents: A 14-Year Longitudinal Study

“…However, conclusions about service use for DAs with mental health and substance-related needs are difficult to make because DAs are not consistently screened or identified as having needs (Cauffman, 2004;Herz, 2001). Moreover, the method in which studies gather data about treatment utilization can impact conclusions, given that studies using interviews with DAs tend to find higher rates of psychiatric disorders in conjunction with higher rates of treatment utilization (Novins et al, 1999), compared to studies using surveys of non-detained youth (e.g., parents, detention staff) or review of records that find low rates of treatment utilization (Aalsma et al, 2015;Lyons et al, 2001;Rawal et al, 2004).…”

“…Findings suggest a positive trend over time, in which the prevalence of treatment utilization is growing and mental health needs are becoming increasingly important factors (rather than criminal history) in predicting post-detention treatment utilization (Lyons et al, 2001;Vincent et al, 2008). This trend is not perfect, however, given that male gender, Black race, and older age were associated with decreased likelihood of any treatment services, mental health treatment services, either/both treatment services, and outpatient services among DAs in cohort two; such disparities significantly limit the opportunities for certain groups of DAs to obtain treatment services (Aarons et al, 2004;Herz, 2001;Hoytt et al, 2001).…”