Addressing the health status and needs of incarcerated youth represents an issue at the
nexus of juvenile justice reform and health care reform. Incarcerated youth face …

While children and adolescents placed in child welfare or juvenile justice out-of-home care
show higher prevalence rates of mental disorders compared to the general population, it …

Background Up to 90% of justice-involved youth report exposure to some type of traumatic
event. On average, 70% of youth meet criteria for a mental health disorder with …

Adolescence is a distinct, yet transient, period of development between childhood and
adulthood characterized by increased experimentation and risk-taking, a tendency to …

Victims of child abuse and neglect are at an increased risk of involvement with the juvenile
justice and adult correctional systems. Yet, little is known about the continuation and …

Using both historical and contemporary contexts, The Child Welfare Challenge examines
major policy practice and research issues as they jointly shape child welfare practice and its …

Although research has oft-documented a maltreatment–delinquency link, the effect of
involvement in—and timing of—child welfare system involvement on offending has received …

This study prospectively examines the transition from the child welfare system into the
juvenile justice system among 10,850 maltreated children and adolescents and explores …

I. INTRODUCTION A new national study shows that lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning,
gender nonconforming, and transgender (LGBQ/GNCT) youth are overrepresented among …

Children placed in foster care are at risk for becoming involved with the juvenile justice
system. This study documents the rates at which children involved with foster care enter the …