RT Article
T1 An Assessment of Juvenile Justice Reform in Ohio: Impact on Youth Placement and Recidivism From 2008 to 2015
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 70
IS 3
SP 975
OP 1004
A1 Park, Insun
A2 Sullivan, Christopher J.
A2 Holmes, Bryan
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1882524659
AB Juvenile justice systems across the U.S. have undergone transformations over the last 20?years. These efforts include deliberate attempts and policy decisions enacted to reduce the number of incarcerated youths. Ohio has implemented a series of initiatives in its juvenile justice system designed to reduce reliance on state custody of youth in favor of local alternatives. Using Ohio?s juvenile justice systems as a focal case, this study assessed reform initiatives on the reduction in youth incarceration and recidivism. Our analyses of 5,000 youths sampled from cases processed between 2008 and 2015 revealed a sustained trend in diverting youth from incarceration, most conspicuously among low risk youths. The diverted population, after adjusting for covariates through propensity score techniques, had lower rates of incarceration compared to the youths in state residential facilities. The outcome of the reform initiatives is discussed in terms of supporting redirection and reinvestment of finite resources and refining intervention strategies in implementing change in juvenile justice.
K1 at-risk youth
K1 deinstitutionalization
K1 Juvenile Delinquency
K1 Juvenile Justice
K1 propensity score analysis
DO 10.1177/00111287221117479