Abstract
Traumatic experiences have been linked to the unmet behavioral health needs of justice-involved youth. Unmet behavioral health needs are some of the most salient predictors of initial justice involvement and recidivism. Latinx youth are one of the most overrepresented ethnic and racial minority groups in the Juvenile Justice System in the United States.
Highlights
Latinx1 youth who are involved in the juvenile justice system have been shown to have high rates of psychiatric need, substance use, and sexual risk behavior when compared to other racial and ethnic groups [1,2].Overrepresentation among ethnic and racial groups at every intercept of the juvenile justice system is an alarming trend in this community [2]
Most of the studies varied in their measurement of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Trauma rate differences varied by study, presumably related to a lack of construct equivalence and variability in the number and types of traumatic experiences assessed by the measures
Summary
Latinx youth who are involved in the juvenile justice system have been shown to have high rates of psychiatric need, substance use, and sexual risk behavior when compared to other racial and ethnic groups [1,2].Overrepresentation among ethnic and racial groups at every intercept of the juvenile justice system is an alarming trend in this community [2]. Latinx youth who are involved in the juvenile justice system have been shown to have high rates of psychiatric need, substance use, and sexual risk behavior when compared to other racial and ethnic groups [1,2]. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [10] linked psychiatric symptoms and substance use to a common environmental factor: Citation: Hoskins D (2021) Assessing Traumatic Experiences of Justice-Involved Latinx Youth: A Systematic Review. Traumatic experiences have been linked to the unmet behavioral health needs of justice-involved youth. Unmet behavioral health needs are some of the most salient predictors of initial justice involvement and recidivism.
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