RT Article
T1 Deploying street outreach workers to reduce failure to appear in juvenile court for youth of color: a randomized study
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 65
IS 12
SP 1740
OP 1762
A1 Cusworth Walker, Sarah
A2 Bishop, Asia Sarah
A2 Catena, Jovi
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1677597453
AB This study is a randomized controlled trial of a failure to appear (FTA) prevention program involving street outreach workers. Over 2 years, 560 youth were randomized to receive street outreach services or no services based on an FTA risk score. The program was found to significantly and modestly reduce the likelihood of an FTA at the first court hearing following a summons (arraignment) but not subsequent hearings (case setting). No interactions were found for differential effects by race/ethnicity or gender. Although the program prioritized youth of color, the effects were not sufficient to substantially reduce disparities given the dispersed benefits to all youth. Implications of these findings for reducing race and ethnic disparities are discussed.
K1 Failure to appear
K1 Racial and ethnic disparities
K1 Juvenile justice
K1 Warrant prevention
K1 Randomized control trial
K1 Jugendvollzug
K1 Ethnische Unterschiede
DO 10.1177/0011128717739567