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Clinic Executive Director:The Cook County Juvenile Court Clinic developed from a research and reform project that was a collaboration of Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and Office of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County. The Chief Judge had initiated the project to improve how judges in the Juvenile Justice and Child Protection Department (Juvenile Court) obtained and used clinical, i.e., mental health information. The multi-year project supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, established that clinical information frequently is valuable in assisting Juvenile Court judges with difficult and/or complex legal decisions. The project also determined, however, that numerous obstacles hampered Juvenile Court judges’ ability to obtain timely, relevant, and accurate clinical information. These obstacles included: inappropriate and/or vague referrals which yielded little or no useful information; a backlog of requests that produced lengthy delays to obtaining needed information; and little or no communication between Juvenile Court and clinical providers. The research project proposed a model for a court clinic that incorporated a variety of services to minimize or eliminate those problems and enhance the use of clinical information for obtaining the best possible results for court-involved minors and families.
Education/Academic qualification
JD, Northwestern University
… → 1984
Research interests
- Adolescent Health
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Clinical Research
- Family Medicine
- Forensic Psychology / Psychiatry
- Mental Health
- Psychiatry
- Violence Prevention
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Grants
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Circuit Court of Cook County Juvenile Court Clinic - Contract 1753-16842
Kahn, B. A. & O'Donnell, P. C.
12/1/17 → 11/30/21
Project: Research project
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Circuit Court of Cook Count Juvenile Court Clinic
Biehl, J. L., Biehl, J. L., Kahn, B. A., Kahn, B. A. & Kavanaugh, A. E.
6/1/07 → 11/30/08
Project: Research project
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MAYSI-2
Biehl, J. L., Kahn, B. A. & Kavanaugh, A. E.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
7/1/06 → 6/30/10
Project: Research project
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Circuit Court of Cook County Juvenile Court Clinic
Kahn, B. A. & O'Donnell, P. C.
6/1/06 → 12/31/17
Project: Research project
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Circuit Court of Cook Count Juvenile Court Clinic
Biehl, J. L., Kahn, B. A. & Kavanaugh, A. E.
6/1/06 → 11/30/08
Project: Research project
Research Output
- 4 Citations
- 1 Article
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Using the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-Version 2 on a Community Sample of African American and Latino/a Juvenile Offenders to Identify Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Needs
Coker, K. L., Wernsman, J., Ikpe, U. N., Brooks, J. S., Bushell, L. L. & Kahn, B. A., Apr 2014, In: Criminal Justice and Behavior. 41, 4, p. 492-511 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
4 Scopus citations