RT Article
T1 Veterans Treatment Courts: An Exploratory Analysis of the Effect of Veteran Mentors
JF Criminal justice policy review
VO 34
IS 6
SP 581
OP 603
A1 Gerhardt, T. Freeman
A1 Carlson, Melissa
A1 Moore, Kathleen A. 1947-
A1 Young, M. Scott
A2 Carlson, Melissa
A2 Moore, Kathleen A. 1947-
A2 Young, M. Scott
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/187133618X
AB Few studies have investigated the effect of mentorship on participants’ clinical or criminal justice outcomes in veterans treatment courts (VTCs). This study is an exploratory analysis of a VTC in Hillsborough County, Florida. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to examine behavioral health changes between baseline and follow-up and compare participants with/without a mentor. Post hoc analyses explored the effect of mentorship on graduation and re-arrest rates. Participants with a mentor had significant improvements in mental health, trauma, substance use, and social support; and significantly higher levels of positive social interaction than those without a mentor. Mentor status was not meaningfully related to graduation and re-arrest rates in bivariate analyses, but post hoc analyses found that social support mediated the relationship between mentor satisfaction and re-arrest and graduation rates.
K1 Mentor
K1 problem-solving court
K1 Justice-involved veterans
K1 veterans treatment courts
DO 10.1177/08874034231202763