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An Assessment of Juvenile Drug Courts’ Knowledge of Evidence‐Based Practices, Data Collection, and the Use of AA/NA
Author(s) -
Yelderman Logan A.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
juvenile and family court journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1755-6988
pISSN - 0161-7109
DOI - 10.1111/jfcj.12055
Subject(s) - sample (material) , data collection , medicine , psychology , juvenile , quarter (canadian coin) , family medicine , statistics , chemistry , mathematics , chromatography , biology , genetics , history , archaeology
The use of evidence‐based practices ( EBP s) has become a core component of juvenile drug courts ( JDC s). This research, using a sample of JDC s listed with the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, tests two current assumptions in the field: 1) many JDC s do not use or are unaware of their use of EBP s and 2) JDC s tend to overuse sober support groups (e.g., AA / NA ), which are thought to be inappropriate for youth. Results suggest that nearly all JDC s, in the sample, reported using EBP s; however, only about a quarter of them collected treatment data and knew the outcomes of the data. Also, only about half of the JDC s use sober support groups (predominantly AA / NA ), and nearly all of the sober support groups were tailored toward youth. Overall, these findings suggest that the current assumptions in the field do not accurately reflect the practices reported by these JDC s. Implications are discussed.