title: Juvenile Probation Officer Self-Assessed Mental Health Competency as a Predictor of Case Management Practices.
abstract: Justice-involved youth endorse high rates of mental health problems. Juvenile probation is the most common disposition in the justice system and juvenile probation officers (JPOs) are crucial for connecting justice-involved youth with appropriate care. We examined the role of mental health competency on the use of self-report case management strategy types (deterrence, restorative justice, and treatment) by JPOs and whether jurisdiction-level differences were relevant. Results suggest that mental health competency predicted use of restorative justice and treatment strategies and all three strategy types varied at the county level. The role of mental health competency in use of treatment strategies is relevant to connecting justice-involved youth to mental health care. Furthermore, a substantial amount of the variance predicting the use of all three strategies was accounted for at the county level.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Fordham University, Dealy 237, 441 E Fordham Rd, Bronx, NY, 10458, USA. eholloway1@fordham.edu.
authors.forename: Evan D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Holloway
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Fordham University, Dealy 237, 441 E Fordham Rd, Bronx, NY, 10458, USA.
authors.forename: Keith R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Cruise
authors.affiliation: Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Downs
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Patrick O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Monahan
authors.affiliation: Section of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Aalsma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019090:Case Management / Q000592:standards; D003416:Criminal Law / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000592:standards*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*; D012647:Self-Assessment; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Jurisdictional variation; Juvenile justice; Mental health; Mixed models; Probation; Service delivery