Session: Youth and the Criminal Justice System (Society for Social Work and Research 19th Annual Conference: The Social and Behavioral Importance of Increased Longevity)

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Youth and the Criminal Justice System

Saturday, January 17, 2015: 10:00 AM-11:45 AM

Preservation Hall Studio 4, Second Floor (New Orleans Marriott)

Cluster: Crime and Criminal Justice

Moderator:

Jeffrey Shook, PhD, JD, University of Pittsburgh

* noted as presenting author

Juvenile Justice Sentencing: Do Gender and Child Welfare Involvement Matter?
Christina Tam, MSW, University of California, Los Angeles; Laura S. Abrams, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles; Bridget Freisthler, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

Propensity Score Matching (PSM) in a Longitudinal Study of at-Risk Youth
Xian Guan, PhD, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics; Judith L. F. Rhodes, PhD, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge

Readiness for Independent Living Among Youth on the Verge of Leaving Juvenile Correctional Facilities
Eran P. Melkman, MSW, Bar-Ilan University; Tehila Refaeli, Phd student, Bar Ilan University; Rami Benbenishty, PhD, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; Anat Zeira, PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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