Graduation Semester and Year
2019
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Department
Criminology and Criminal Justice
First Advisor
Jaya B. Davis
Second Advisor
Sarah El Sayed
Abstract
Individuals with mental illness interact with both the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems. Over 50% of inmates in jail and prisons have been diagnosed with mental health problems (James & Glaze, 2006; Al-Rousan, et al. 2017; Wilson & Wood, 2014; Torrey, 1995), while offenders in the juvenile justice system appear to have considerably higher rates of mental illness than those who do not offend (Cashman & Thomas, 2017). The current study utilizes data obtained from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescents Health (Add Health). Adolescents from “selected schools, urbanity, school size and school type,” (Beaver, 2013, Daigle & Teasdale, 2018) were randomly selected during 1994-1995 to take a survey.
Keywords
Mental health, Mental illness
Disciplines
Criminology and Criminal Justice | Legal Studies | Social and Behavioral Sciences
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Hernandez-Garcia, Gabriela, "EFFECT OF JUVENILE MENTAL ILLNESS AND ADULT OFFENDING" (2019). Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses. 106.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/crcj_theses/106
Comments
Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington