TY - JOUR
T1 - Race/Ethnicity, and Behavioral Health Status
T2 - First Arrest and Outcomes in a Large Sample of Juvenile Offenders
AU - Lau, Katherine S.L.
AU - Rosenman, Marc B.
AU - Wiehe, Sarah E.
AU - Tu, Wanzhu
AU - Aalsma, Matthew C.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by grants from HRSA/MCHB R40MC08721, provided through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Research Program as well as the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (R01HS024296; R01HS023318).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, National Council for Behavioral Health.
PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - The objective of this study was to assess the simultaneous effects of gender, race/ethnicity, and pre-arrest behavioral health (BH) service-use on age at first arrest, and first arrest outcomes. Between January 2004 and December 2011, arrest and medical records were collected on a retrospective longitudinal cohort of 12,476 first-time offenders, ages 8–18 years. Black youth were arrested at younger ages than white or Hispanic youth. Youth with psychiatric problems were arrested at younger ages than youth with substance-use, dual-diagnoses, or no BH problems. Compared to white males, black males had lower odds of detention and BH referrals. Compared to white females, black females had higher odds of release and lower odds of probation, detention, and BH referrals. A significant gender-by-BH problem interaction revealed males and females with previous psychiatric problems were arrested at younger ages than youth with substance, dual-diagnosis, or no prior problems. Implications are discussed.
AB - The objective of this study was to assess the simultaneous effects of gender, race/ethnicity, and pre-arrest behavioral health (BH) service-use on age at first arrest, and first arrest outcomes. Between January 2004 and December 2011, arrest and medical records were collected on a retrospective longitudinal cohort of 12,476 first-time offenders, ages 8–18 years. Black youth were arrested at younger ages than white or Hispanic youth. Youth with psychiatric problems were arrested at younger ages than youth with substance-use, dual-diagnoses, or no BH problems. Compared to white males, black males had lower odds of detention and BH referrals. Compared to white females, black females had higher odds of release and lower odds of probation, detention, and BH referrals. A significant gender-by-BH problem interaction revealed males and females with previous psychiatric problems were arrested at younger ages than youth with substance, dual-diagnosis, or no prior problems. Implications are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11414-017-9578-3
DO - 10.1007/s11414-017-9578-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 29238907
AN - SCOPUS:85037984542
VL - 45
SP - 237
EP - 251
JO - Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research
JF - Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research
SN - 1094-3412
IS - 2
ER -
