Northwestern Juvenile Project (Cook County, IL): Baseline, 1995-1998 [Restricted]

Established in 1995, the Northwestern Juvenile Project assessed alcohol, drug, or mental (ADM) service needs of juvenile detainees. The study took place between the years of 1995 and 1998, sampling 1,829 male and female juvenile detainees within Cook County, Illinois. This study had two specific aims: To assess the juvenile detainees ADM service needs (including psychiatric disorder, comorbidity and functional impairment); and, To determine the extent that juvenile detainees who need ADM services received them while in the custody of the criminal justice system. This study has four methodological advantages over prior research: Stratified random sampling; Sufficiently large N (approximately 600 females and 1200 males); Reliable instruments; and Comorbidity data. Questions for respondents generally pertain to demographics, medical and sexual history, criminal history, aptitude and mental health assessment, familial and social relations, drug abuse, and education.

始建于1995年，西北青少年项目旨在评估青少年拘留所内酒精、药物或精神（ADM）服务需求。该研究于1995年至1998年期间进行，对伊利诺伊州库克县的1,829名男性和女性青少年拘留者进行了抽样调查。本研究具有两个特定的目标：一是评估青少年拘留者的ADM服务需求（包括精神障碍、共病和功能障碍）；二是确定需要ADM服务的青少年拘留者在刑事司法系统监管期间接受服务的程度。相较于先前研究，本研究具有四个方法论优势：分层随机抽样；样本量充足（女性约600名，男性约1200名）；可靠的测量工具；以及共病数据。受访者的问题通常涉及人口统计学、医疗和性病史、犯罪史、能力及心理健康评估、家庭和社会关系、药物滥用以及教育等方面。