Status: Data collection for this study is complete. Our team is working to disseminate findings from this project.
Longitudinal Study Background
This study is a longitudinal extension which aims to further our understanding of trajectories of adult offending in a sample of 158 (n = 8participants are now deceased) women who participated in a randomized intervention trial aimed at reducing conduct problems anddelinquency during adolescence. The study was originally supported and funded through the Oregon Youth Authority and by Grant R01DA015208 (P.I., Patricia Chamberlain, Ph.D.) from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and by Grant R01 MH054257 (P.I., PatriciaChamberlain, Ph.D.) from the National Institute of Mental Health. In the original study, juvenile justice involved girls ages 13 – 17 whohad been referred for out-of-home placement due to chronic delinquency were randomly assigned to participate in services as usual(group care; GC) or in Treatment Foster Care Oregon (TFCO, Chamberlain, 2003). The first extension of this longitudinal study wasfunded by Grant R01 DA024672 (P.I., Leslie Leve, Ph.D.). That study examined the developmental pathways of risk for juvenile justiceinvolved girls into young adulthood with the original participants who were at the time, ages 16-29 years.
Study Goals
- Explore the constellation of risk factors and risk processes in the lives of adult women with histories in the juvenile justicesystem
- Identify potential turning points across adulthood in the lives of adult women with histories in the juvenile justice system.
- Understand how justice involvement is related to women’s health outcomes, including biological indicators of health and stress.
- Examine the potential long-term impact of Treatment Foster Care Oregon, a gender-specific intervention.
You can read more about this completed project on the National Institute of Justice Grant Page.