Suicide Among Justice-Involved Youth

Katsman, Kseniya; Jeglic, Elizabeth L.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-82465-5_12

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“…A 2015 study of suicidality among youth in the juvenile justice system by Stokes and colleagues examined the prevalence of suicidality among delinquent youth living in the community, youth who were incarcerated, and at multiple points of contact [89]. Past-month suicidal ideation was found to be higher in post-adjudicated youth than in pre-adjudicated youth [89][90][91][92][93]. Prevalence rates among youth who were assessed during detention were high with the rate at 52% (past two weeks) and 25% (past 6 months among justice-involved girls) [94,95].…”

Section: Juvenile Justice Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Prevalence rates among youth who were assessed during detention were high with the rate at 52% (past two weeks) and 25% (past 6 months among justice-involved girls) [94,95]. Explanations for the risk among justice-involved youth, like the general population, include a history of mental health challenges (youth in the juvenile justice system experience mental health problems at 2.3 times more than those without such involvement), trauma, and sexual abuse, feelings of hopelessness and isolation, family stressors, and psychosocial stressors [89,91,96].…”

Section: Juvenile Justice Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Suicidality and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: A Narrative Review of Measurement, Risk, and Disparities among Minoritized and System-Involved Youth in the USA

Villodas

2024

Children

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Suicidality and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) among youth in the United States continue to be a growing and serious public health concern. With alarming rates of suicide trending in the wrong direction, researchers are committed to bending the curve of suicide and reducing rates by 2025. Understanding the antecedents and conditions, existing measures, and disparate prevalence rates across minoritized groups is imperative for developing effective strategies for meeting this goal. This study presents a narrative review of the operationalization, measurement, risk factors (e.g., firearms and social media), and disparities across race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, ability, sexual orientation, immigration statuses, and system involvement (e.g., foster care and juvenile justice) of suicidality and non-suicidal self-harm across youth in the United States. Implications for research, practice, and policy approaches that incorporate positive youth development, cultural, and youth participation in interventions are discussed.

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Section: Juvenile Justice Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Juvenile Justice Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Suicidality and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: A Narrative Review of Measurement, Risk, and Disparities among Minoritized and System-Involved Youth in the USA

Villodas

2024

Children

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“…When considering the different social systems in where Black and Latinx adolescents 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.994514 are disproportionately embedded in, youth in the juvenile legal system (JLS) are at even greater risk of suicide. Indeed, suicide rates are up to three times higher for youth impacted by the JLS than youth in the general population (3)(4)(5), and risk for suicide increases with greater involvement in the JLS (6).…”

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confidence: 99%

Equitable suicide prevention for youth impacted by the juvenile legal system

Meza

Snyder²,

Shanholtz³

2022

Front. Psychiatry

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Suicide is the second leading cause of death for adolescents in the United States. Despite the already alarmingly high rates of suicide attempts among adolescents, youth involved in the juvenile legal system (JLS) are up to three times more likely to have suicide attempts than their peers not impacted by the JLS. This public health crisis is also a matter of health equity, knowing that ethnoracially minoritized youth, mainly Black and Latinx youth, have disproportionate contact with the JLS. In order to disrupt the current elevated rates of suicide among Black and Latinx youth involved in the JLS, there needs to be more concerted efforts to improve assessment and suicide prevention efforts in the JLS. There are various potential touch points of care for suicide prevention and the Sequential Intercept Model (SIM), which outlines community-based responses to the involvement of people with mental and substance use disorders in the criminal justice system, can be used as a strategic planning tool to outline possible equitable interventions across these various touch points. Our purpose is to provide a comprehensive picture of gaps and equitable opportunities for suicide prevention across each intercept of the SIM. We provide recommendations of priorities to promote health equity in suicide prevention for ethnoracially minoritized youth impacted by the JLS.

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