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“Juvenile Offenders With Mental Health Needs: Reducing Recidivism Using Wraparound”

Pullmann, Michael D.
June 4, 2015

Source: (2007) Crime & Delinquency. 52(3): 375-397

The rate of youth with mental health needs is disproportionately high in juvenile justice.
Wraparound planning involves families and providers in coordinating juvenile justice,
mental health, and other services and supports. This study compares data from two
groups of juvenile offenders with mental health problems: 106 youth in a juvenile justice
wraparound program called Connections and a historical comparison group of 98 youth
in traditional mental health services. Cox regression survival analyses revealed that
youth in Connections were significantly less likely to recidivate at all, less likely to
recidivate with a felony offense, and served less detention time.

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