Do Mental Health Services Influence Child Welfare Involvement among Juvenile Justice System Involved Youth

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Garcia ◽  
Minseop Kim ◽  
Sheila Barnhart
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Justice System

scholarly journals The Nigerian juvenile justice system: from warehouse to uncertain quest for appropriate youth mental health service model – RETRACTED

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
O. Atilola ◽  
G. Abiri ◽  
B. Ola
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
Youth Mental Health ◽  
Service Model ◽  
Global Discourse

Mental health services for youths within the juvenile justice system remain a contemporary global discourse. To bring perspectives from under-resourced regions, we examine the current limitations of some globalised models for mental health services within the juvenile justice system in Nigeria. The important, multi-systemic steps needed to adapt the system for modern mental health promotion and services are highlighted.

Youth Pathways: Evaluating the Influence of Gender, Involvement With the Public Mental Health System, Perceived Mental Health Need, and Traumatic Experiences on Juvenile Justice System Processing

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-234
Author(s):  
Erin M. Espinosa ◽  
Jonathan R. Sorensen ◽  
Scott Walfield
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Health System ◽  
Mental Health System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Public Mental Health System ◽  
Health Need

This study examined the influence of gender, participation in public mental health services, perceived mental health need, and traumatic experiences on juvenile justice system processing. Data were collected on youth formally processed for delinquency or status offenses by a large statewide juvenile justice system and youth served by the state’s public mental health system during a 7-year period ( n = 271,427). The results indicated that accessing mental health services in the community or being viewed as having a mental health need by a juvenile probation officer increased the likelihood of youth being removed from their home by the juvenile justice system, especially for girls. While girls generally had decreased odds of out-of-home placement compared to boys, their odds significantly increased when combined with involvement in public mental health services and/or receiving a violation of probation. Once placed out of the home, boys discharged much more quickly than girls, with the rate of discharge being related primarily to the severity of their offenses. When controlling for relevant variables using propensity score matching, girls who experienced trauma or involvement with the public mental health system had a significantly lower rate of discharge from out-of-home placement than similarly matched boys.

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