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Camille C. Cioffi; Maria L. Schweer-Collins; Leslie D. Leve – Grantee Submission, 2022
Background: To examine the associations between adolescent pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes on substance use and suicide attempts in a sample who is at greater risk for substance use and suicide attempts -- those who have been involved with the juvenile justice and child welfare systems. Methods: Using a prospective, longitudinal design, we…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Predictor Variables, Suicide, Substance Abuse
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Cowell, Alexander J.; Lattimore, Pamela K.; Krebs, Christopher P. – Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2010
The authors present a cost-benefit analysis of a Juvenile Breaking the Cycle (JBTC) program in Oregon designed to provide juvenile justice system monitoring and coordinated treatment and services to youth who are assessed as at high risk for recidivism and substance use. Detailed cost analyses are presented for youth in the JBTC program and a…
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice, Costs, Cost Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
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Wiesner, Margit; Kim, Hyoun K.; Capaldi, Deborah M. – Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2010
This study uses longitudinal data from the Oregon Youth Study (OYS) to examine prospective effects of juvenile arrests and of early versus late onset of juvenile offending on two labor market outcomes by age 29 or 30 years. It was expected that those with more juvenile arrests and those with an early onset of offending would show poorer outcomes…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Adolescents, Juvenile Justice, Males
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Glass, Nancy; Perrin, Nancy; Hanson, Ginger; Mankowski, Eric; Bloom, Tina; Campbell, Jacquelyn – Journal of Community Psychology, 2009
This study builds on the existing knowledge of risk factors for lethal intimate partner violence (IPV) and typologies of IPV abusers by exploring patterns of abusive partners' behaviors among known risk factors for intimate partner femicide (i.e., murder of women) and determines if groups of survivors with similar patterns of abusive behaviors…
Descriptors: Violence, Sexual Harassment, Females, Hispanic Americans
Swart, Sandra, Ed.; Friesen, Barbara, Ed.; Holman, Ariel, Ed.; Aue, Nicole, Ed. – Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, 2009
The State of the Science conference was held in May, 2007 as part of the ongoing series of national conferences, "Building on Family Strengths," conducted by the Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health at Portland State University. The theme of this State-of-the Science conference was "Effective…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, Family Programs
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Moran, Patricia B.; Vuchinich, Sam; Hall, Nancy K. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2004
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate associations between four categories of maltreatment and substance use among adolescents. Method: All 10th through 12th graders (n=2,187) at six public high schools in a rural Oregon county filled out an anonymous survey that included questions about their experience of emotional, sexual, and…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Sexual Abuse, At Risk Persons, Grade 12