Screening/assessment
Research and tools related to structured, objective and validated screening and assessment tools to guide decisions about care, supervision and services for youth in with the juvenile justice system
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Screening and Assessment in Juvenile Justice Systems: Identifying Mental Health Needs and Risk of Reoffending
- Dec 1, 2012, National Youth Screening and Assessment Project
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Screening and Assessment in Juvenile Justice Systems: Identifying Mental Health Needs and Risk of Reoffending
- Jan 18, 2012, Gina M. Vincent
- Each year, more than 2 million children, youth, and young adults formally come into contact with the juvenile justice system, while millions more are at risk of involvement with the system for myriad…
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Innovation Brief: Using Risk Assessment to Meet Needs and Reduce Recidivism
- Nov 30, 2012, Gina M. Vincent
- A growing number of juvenile justice experts are suggesting that an effective approach to reducing recidivism is to evaluate a youth’s risk of reoffending, then match services to his or her…
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Knowledge Brief: Can Risk Assessment Improve Juvenile Justice Practices?
- Dec 1, 2011, Models for Change Research Initiative
- A growing number of juvenile justice experts are suggesting a new, potentially more effective approach to reducing recidivism: first identify a youth’s risk of re-offending; then match services…
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Risk Assessment in Juvenile Justice: A Guidebook for Implementation
- Nov 6, 2012, Gina M. Vincent
- The primary purpose of this guide is to provide a structure for jurisdictions, juvenile probation or centralized statewide agencies striving to implement risk assessment or to improve their current…
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Screening and Assessment in Louisiana's Juvenile Justice System (summary)
- Dec 1, 2013, Louisiana State University Institute for Public Health and Justice
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Screening and Assessment in Illinois' Juvenile Justice System
- Dec 1, 2013, Illinois Models for Change: Illinois Juvenile Justice Research and Information Consortium
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National Context: Principles of Model Screening, Assessment, and Service Delivery (brief)
- Dec 1, 2013, LSU Institute for Public Health and Justice
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Massachusetts Arrest Screening Tool for Law Enforcement
- Dec 15, 2015, University of Massachusetts Medical School
- The Massachusetts Arrest Screening Tool for Law Enforcement (MASTLE) is an objective screening tool validated in Massachusetts jurisdictions that assesses the likelihood a youth taken into police…
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Massachusetts Arrest Screening Tool for Law Enforcement Executive Summary
- Nov 17, 2015, University of Massachusetts Medical School
- The MASTLE assesses the likelihood a youth taken into police custody for a criminal offense will be arrested for the commission of another offense in the future or will fail to appear for…
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Measuring Subsequent Offending in Juvenile Probation
- Jul 23, 2015, Teri Deal, Anne Rackow, Andrew Wachter, NCJJ Research Associates
- NCJJ has released a new StateScan publication that summarizes the results of a review of publicly available recidivism reports that include measures of recidivism for youth adjudicated to probation.…
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Mental Health Screening in Juvenile Justice Services
- May 5, 2015, Andrew Wachter, Research Associate, NCJJ
- This StateScan publication is the 4th in a series that distills important knowledge from NCJJ’s new Juvenile Justice Geography, Policy, Practice and Statistics website. The author, Andrew…
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Innovation Brief: Mental Health Screening as a Valuable Tool for Truancy Intervention
- Dec 8, 2014, Center for Children & Youth Justice
- The Clark County Truancy Project (CCTP) was designed to effectively respond to truancy while reducing the need for formal court intervention. Research indicates that one of the most prevalent issues…
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JJGPS State Scan: Statewide Risk Assessment in Juvenile Probation
- May 1, 2014, NCJJ
- This publication is part of a new series of publications intended to support NCJJ’s Juvenile Justice Geography, Policy, Practice and Statistics website (JJGPS.ORG) development effort. This…
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Overview of Screening and Assessment in Illinois’ Juvenile Justice System
- Dec 8, 2013, Illinois Juvenile Justice Research and Information Consortium Briefing Document
- Structured, objective and validated screening and assessment tools provide decision-makers with reliable and relevant information to guide decisions about care, supervision and services for…
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Screening and Assessment for Suicide Prevention: Tools and Procedures for Risk Identification Among Juvenile Justice Youth
- Dec 1, 2013, National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention
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Suicidal Ideation and Behavior Among Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: A Review of the Literature
- Dec 1, 2013, National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention
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Doing it Right: Risk Assessment in Juvenile Justice
- Apr 29, 2013, National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN)
- Do you know how risk assessments can be used most effectively to avoid unnecessary incarceration and improve case planning for youth?
Check out the National Juvenile Justice Network's (NJJN) policy…
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Risk Assessment Guidebook Appendices
- Nov 6, 2012, Gina M. Vincent, Ph.D.
- We dedicate ourselves to working in partnership to enhance the capacity of Pennsylvania's Juvenile Justice System to achieve its balanced and restorative justice mission by: Employing evidence-based…
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Clark County Truancy Program: Mental Health Screening Protocols - Administering MAYSI 2
- Nov 11, 2009, Jodi Martin
- Protocol incorporating MAYSI-2 screening into the Clark County Truancy Program intake procedure.
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10 Steps for Implementing Mental Health Screening
- Oct 9, 2009, Thomas Grisso
- The document provides 10 essential considerations for juvenile justice agencies planning mental health screening to support programs and placements.
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Louisiana Juvenile Justice System Screening & Assessment & Treatment Services Survey
- Sep 28, 2009, Stephen Phillippi
- To find alternatives to formal processing and incarceration, to have more Evidence-based community services available for youths in LA and their families, and to use data analyses and other research…
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Probation Diversion Questionnaire
- Sep 25, 2009, National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
- To collect process/implementation data on the probation-based diversion program being implemented in Texas.
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Review of Evidence-Based and Promising Risk/Needs Assessment Tools for Juvenile Justice
- Aug 18, 2009, Gina M. Vincent
- This document assembles four reviews of risk/needs assessment tools for use in juvenile justice or designed for young offenders in general.
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Guidelines of Instructing Youth Prior to Administration of a Mental Health Screening Tool
- Aug 18, 2009, Valerie Williams, Thomas Grisso
- This document was created to assist juvenile justice personnel when introducing youth to a mental health screening tool as part of an intake process.
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A Template for Written Reports of Pre-Disposition Psychological Evaluations
- Aug 17, 2009, Perry Hill, Laura Goodwin, Thomas Grisso
- This document is a model outline for psychologists or psychiatrists to report the results of their evaluations of youth in delinquency cases involving assessment questions of disposition after…
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Screening and Assessment Tools Database
- Aug 17, 2009, Richard Rondeau
- The database was created to standardize the process of collecting and reviewing literature about screening and assessment tools designed for use with juvenile justice-involved youth.
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A Template for Profiling Detention Centers Regarding Mental Health Services
- Aug 17, 2009, Valerie Williams, Thomas Grisso
- This document was created for use as a survey tool. The information gathered provides a description of a detention center's daily operations, programs, and use of mental health services, including…
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Berks County, Pennsylvania Juvenile Detention Risk Assessment
- Apr 1, 2008, Dana Shoenberg
- The Berks County Juvenile Detention Risk Assessment Instrument Report documents the results of an eight month test of a draft Juvenile Detention Assessment Instrument in Berks County, Pennsylvania…
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Developing Mental Health Screening in Juvenile Justice
- Dec 1, 2004, Gina Vincent, Ph.D. and Thomas Grisso, Ph.D.
- The first step toward managing the mental health needs of juveniles is to be able to identify them. Mental health screening is crucial for identifying mental conditions in need of immediate response,…