Gang involvement moderates the effectiveness of evidence-based intervention for justice-involved youth |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, Rutgers University-Newark, United States;2. School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University-Newark, United States;1. Department of Psychology, Rutgers University-Newark, United States;2. School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University-Newark, United States;1. Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia;2. Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia;1. G4S Youth Services, LLC, United States;2. John Jay College of Criminal Justice, United States;3. University of Texas at Dallas, United States;4. Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, United States;1. Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, 3620 McClintock Avenue, SGM 501, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States;2. Department of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California, 3620 South Vermont Avenue, KAP 462, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States;3. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President Street Charleston, SC 29425, United States;1. School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 0ES, UK;2. Violence Reduction Unit, Glasgow G2 4LW, UK;1. School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 1404 Gortner Ave, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA;2. Social Work, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, 229 Wyman Education Bldg., River Falls, WI 54022-5001, USA;3. Fraser Mental Health, 3333 University Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA |
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| Abstract: | There are no validated, evidence-based intervention approaches to helping youth who are involved in gang activity. The goal of this study was to evaluate the impact of gang involvement on the effectiveness of evidence-based intervention services for problem behavior delivered to youth referred by the justice system. We analyzed data drawn from 421 youth (69% male; M age = 15.08 years, SD = 1.32; 38% Black/African-American, 18% Latino/a, 34% White, 10% other) referred consecutively over a 13-month period for Multisystemic Therapy (MST; Henggeler, Schoenwald, Borduin, Rowland, & Cunningham, 2009) across clinical service sites in 7 different Eastern states of the US. Outcomes were indicated by successful or unsuccessful case closures, and gang involvement was indicated by a validated multi-factored classification scheme. We conducted analyses of outcomes related to gang involvement for the whole sample as well as a propensity score-matched (PSM) reduced sample. Analyses of treatment success rates indicate that gang involvement significantly and substantially reduces the effectiveness of MST in this population. |
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