Papers by Angela Robertson
Social Science Research Network, May 17, 2010
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AIDS Education and Prevention, 2020
Justice-involved youth are at risk for HIV/STIs but do not access services. The complex challenge... more Justice-involved youth are at risk for HIV/STIs but do not access services. The complex challenges of improving the delivery of health-related services within juvenile justice (JJ) settings warrant exploration of strategies to close this service gap. This study describes the successes and challenges of utilizing a local change team (LCT) strategy comprising JJ and health agency staff to implement HIV/STI programming in JJ settings, across six counties in six states in the U.S. Five focus groups comprising n = 28 JJ and health agency staff who served as LCT members were conducted. Results demonstrated the structured nature of the collaborative process and strength of commitment among LCT members were necessary for successful implementation of HIV/STI programming. The use of LCTs comprising membership of JJ and (behavioral) health systems has broader applicability to other health and behavioral health issues faced by youth on probation that JJ staff may feel ill equipped to address.
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Criminal Justice Policy Review, 2015
In this article, we use 3 years of youth court data from a southeastern state to examine whether ... more In this article, we use 3 years of youth court data from a southeastern state to examine whether referrals that originated from school resource officers (SROs) involve greater proportions of less serious offenses than referrals from other sources. Referrals from SROs during the 3-year period were similar to referrals by law enforcement outside of school for status and serious offenses. SROs were less likely than law enforcement officers outside of school to refer juveniles for minor offenses during the 3-year period. Our findings suggest that schools, not solely police in schools, make a large contribution to the number of juveniles referred to the juvenile justice system for less serious offenses. Implications for policy and future research are also discussed.
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Journal for applied juvenile justice services, 2020
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Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2011
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PsycEXTRA Dataset, 2008
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Health & Justice
Substance use disorders (SUD) are prevalent among justice-involved youth (JIY) and are a robust p... more Substance use disorders (SUD) are prevalent among justice-involved youth (JIY) and are a robust predictor of re-offending. Only a fraction of JIY with substance use problems receive treatment. This paper describes the impacts of system-level efforts to improve identification and referral to treatment on recidivism of JIY. A cluster randomized trial involving 20 county juvenile justice agency sites across 5 states was used to implement an organizational intervention (Core vs Enhanced) to juvenile justice staff and community-based treatment providers, working with 18,698 JIY from March 2014 to August 2017. Recidivism rates over four study time periods were examined. Logistic regression was used to predict recidivism as a function of site, need for SUD services, level of supervision, time, organizational intervention, and time x intervention interaction terms. Results indicated that Enhanced sites showed decreased levels of recidivism compared to Core-only sites, where it increased ove...
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In the late 1990s and early 21st century, a series of school shootings and public perceptions tha... more In the late 1990s and early 21st century, a series of school shootings and public perceptions that schools were becoming increasingly violent and out-of-control focused public and scholarly attention on the issues of disorder, antisocial behavior, and crime within schools (Noguera 1995). Events such as the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass murder continue to contribute to public fears, although students or teachers in kindergarten to grade 12 schools have a low risk of being injured in such events (Robers et al. 2015). A range of violence reduction strategies has been proposed to reduce the likelihood of future tragedies, and some interest groups and policymakers have advocated that armed guards be placed in every United States school (for review of this discussion, see Kupchik, Brent, and Mowen 2015).Although much of the attention about school-based crime has focused on high-profile violent events, most police-reported incidents occurring at schools are minor offenses such as theft...
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Journal of substance abuse treatment, Mar 1, 2017
Substance use and substance use disorders are highly prevalent among youth under juvenile justice... more Substance use and substance use disorders are highly prevalent among youth under juvenile justice (JJ) supervision, and related to delinquency, psychopathology, social problems, risky sex and sexually transmitted infections, and health problems. However, numerous gaps exist in the identification of behavioral health (BH) problems and in the subsequent referral, initiation and retention in treatment for youth in community justice settings. This reflects both organizational and systems factors, including coordination between justice and BH agencies. This paper presents a new framework, the Juvenile Justice Behavioral Health Services Cascade ("Cascade"), for measuring unmet substance use treatment needs to illustrate how the cascade approach can be useful in understanding service delivery issues and identifying strategies to improve treatment engagement and outcomes for youth under community JJ supervision. We discuss the organizational and systems barriers for linking delinq...
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Annual Meeting, 2007
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New Global Development, 2001
Introduction The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians approached the Social Science Research Cente... more Introduction The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians approached the Social Science Research Center (SSRC) of Mississippi State University in January, 1998. SSRC is an interdisciplinary, applied research organization that has a strong tradition of development ...
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Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 2008
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Journal of applied juvenile justice services, 2018
Given the large proportion of youth involved in the juvenile justice system who meet criteria for... more Given the large proportion of youth involved in the juvenile justice system who meet criteria for behavioral health disorders, the system is charged with delivering not only criminal justice programing, but also behavioral health services. Behavioral health service delivery is typically done through collaborative partnerships with behavioral health agencies. This study created process maps which describe the flows and boundaries of these partnerships with respect to screening, assessment and referral to treatment. Process maps of juvenile justice and behavioral health systems from six juvenile departments in different states (Mississippi, Kentucky, New York, Georgia, Texas, and Pennsylvania) are presented. Both the methodology of creating process maps and results from the analysis of the maps are presented. Results indicate that behavioral health screening, assessment, and referral to treatment were occurring at all sites, typically with standardized tools. Overall trends were that ...
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Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse, Jan 22, 2018
Racial differences in drinking motives, protective behavioral strategies (PBSs), alcohol consumpt... more Racial differences in drinking motives, protective behavioral strategies (PBSs), alcohol consumption, and alcohol-related problems were examined among college student drinkers (Nā=ā443: 296 [66.8%] White, 147 [33.3%] Black). Survey participants were recruited from large undergraduate sociology classes and residence halls at the university. Key differences between Black and White college students in drinking behaviors, reasons for drinking (i.e., motives), and the use of PBSs were observed. These racial differences have implications for the implementation of prevention/intervention programs intending to reduce alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems among college students.
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Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 2017
We used responses of two large samples of court-ordered participants from a statewide alcohol/dri... more We used responses of two large samples of court-ordered participants from a statewide alcohol/driving safety program to investigate factor structure, score reliability, and criterion-related validity of the Short Inventory of Problems (SIP). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, using both item-level and subscore-level data, support a one-factor structure for the SIP. Internal consistency score reliability estimates were consistent across samples and high enough to warrant use for making decisions about individuals. Item response theory model calibration of the scale, using a two-parameter logistic model, yielded consistent estimates of location and discrimination (slope) across samples. Estimated scale scores correlated moderately with an independent indicator of alcohol problems and poorly with an indicator of risky driving behavior, lending evidence of convergent and discriminant validity. We judge the SIP as adequately described by a single factor, that the joint person-...
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Journal of applied measurement
Ample evidence exists in support of the influence of media, both traditional and electronic, on p... more Ample evidence exists in support of the influence of media, both traditional and electronic, on perceptions and engagement with alcohol marketing. We describe the development, calibration, and evidence for technical quality and utility for a new measure, the Alcohol Marketing Engagement Scale. Using two samples of college undergraduates (n1 = 199, n2 = 732), we collected field test responses to a total of 13 items. Initial support for scale validity is presented via correlations with attributes previously shown to be related to alcohol engagement. While the joint map of estimated scale locations of items and respondents indicates the need for further scale development, the results of the present analyses are promising. Implications for use in research are discussed.
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