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Thesis/Dissertation Information
- Degree Disciplines:
- Education
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- Abstract:
- Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a Juvenile Prevention Drug Court program and a Traditional Outpatient Drug Education program by comparing five factors, which were program completion, participation in family sessions, differences of Global Assessment Functioning scores on the Children’s Functional Assessment Rating Scale, program readmissions, and length of stay. The goal was to ascertain if the factors relate to the reduction of juvenile substance abuse and related criminal activities among non-violent juvenile substance abuse offenders with the use of strength-based treatment services through a Juvenile Prevention Drug Court program and a Traditional Outpatient Drug Education program. Method: The methodology used for this study was causal comparative, using an ex-post-facto analysis of the data generated by the Juvenile Prevention Drug Court education program and traditional outpatient drug education program over a two year timeframe to compare the relative effectiveness of the two approaches in program participation. The research question that was developed to guide the study was: Is a Juvenile Prevention Drug Court education program that takes into account multicultural factors, cognitive developmental levels, and learning styles of adolescents more effective than a traditional outpatient drug education program that does not consider these factors? One hundred seventy-five participant records were obtained from a database for the study. Major Findings: With relation to program completion, the results of the chi squared test did not find significant difference between the Drug Court and Outpatient groups. However, with the follow up for pairwise comparisons, there was significantly less dropout between Outpatient Year 1 to Outpatient Year 2. The ANOVA performed on the family sessions found a significant main effect. When the follow-up Scheffe test was conducted, it was found that significantly more family sessions were attended during Year 2 as compared to Year 1 for the Drug Court and Outpatient groups. When comparing the effectiveness of the groups to pre and post Global Assessment Functioning scores on the Children’s Functional Assessment Rating Scale and number of readmissions, there were no significant effects indicated in the programs. Length of stay in the program showed statistical improvement when using the Scheffe procedure as follow-up. The Drug Court group in Year 2 showed significantly longer participation in the program than the Outpatient group in Year 2. The Drug Court groups have more court-ordered consequences if program requirements are not completed, when compared to the voluntary Outpatient groups. This may account for the difference between the groups.
- Thesis:
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Barry University, 2005.
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (leaves 154-186).
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Barry University
- Holding Location:
- Barry University Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- Copyright Helen R. Singh Benn. Permission granted to Barry University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder.
- Resource Identifier:
- HV5824.Y68 S56 2005_SinghHelen ( BU-Local )
- Classification:
- HV5824.Y68 S56 2005 ( lcc )
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