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The Effect of Parental Support on Juvenile Drug Court Completion and Postprogram Recidivism

2012; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 10; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/1541204012438422

1556-9330

Leanne Fiftal Alarid, Carlos D. Montemayor, Summer Dannhaus,

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Juvenile drug courts (JDCs) have grown exponentially in the last 15 years. JDCs typically require more parental participation than do other community correctional options as a source of social support for juveniles. Using official data and offender case files, this study examined client behavior and parental support through various phases to determine factors that contribute toward successful program completion and postprogram recidivism reduction. Family support was a significant predictor of both graduation and of postsupervision rearrest. Time spent in the drug court program and client age were additional predictors of rearrest, while less prior adjudications were an additional predictor of whether a youth would complete the drug court program. Policy implications to increase parental support are discussed.