Juvenile Justice Girls Randomized Control Trial: Young Adult Follow-up

Summary

This study is a young adult follow-up of 166 females who originally participated in an RCT during adolescence due to their involvement in the juvenile justice system.

Conditions

• Delinquency
• Drug Use

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Treatment Foster Care (TFCO)

Youth placed individually in well-trained and supervised foster homes. Basic components: (a) daily telephone contact with TFCO parents; (b) weekly foster parent group meetings focused on supervision, training in parenting practices, and support; (c) an individualized behavior management program implemented daily in the home by foster parent; (d) individualized skills training for the youth; (e) family therapy for aftercare family focused on parent management strategies; (f) close monitoring of school attendance, performance, and homework completion; (g) case management to coordinate TFCO, family, peer, and school settings; (h) 24-hour on-call staff availability to TFCO and biological parents; and (i) psychiatric consultation. Services typically last approximately 6 months.

BEHAVIORAL

Group Care

Group Care is the usual service for youth placed in out-of-home care for chronic delinquency in Oregon. These programs represented typical services for girls being referred to out-of-home care by the juvenile justice system and had 2-51 youth in residence (M = 21) and 1-50 staff members (Mdn = 2); most also had onsite schooling. Although the programs differed somewhat in theoretical orientations, 86% reported that they endorsed a specific treatment model, of which the primary philosophy was a behavioral (70%), eclectic (26%), or family-style therapeutic approach (4%). Services typically last approximately 6 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

  collaborator NIH

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

  collaborator NIH

• University of Oregon

  collaborator OTHER

• Oregon Social Learning Center

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Leslie Leve, PhD · University of Oregon

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

13 Years

Max Age

18 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

1997-01-31

Primary Completion

2016-12-31

Completion

2016-12-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations