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These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed. This is a quasi-experimental, observational study using administrative data to assess whether time in juvenile placement was associated with the acquisition of social-emotional skills and subsequent felony recidivism. Concurrent with a change in juvenile sentencing policy in Washington State a comprehensive risk and needs assessment tool (R-PACT) was piloted to investigate the impact that therapeutically oriented incarceration had on youth. This tool was made up of 12 domains of risk and needs, including a section on dynamic factors related to therapeutic skills. Youth were admitted into the study in two cohorts, a main study cohort and a replication study cohort.

This project analyzed the influence of a therapeutic jurisprudence model on the probation process in the state of Nebraska. Therapeutic jurisprudence is defined as an approach to law and legal processes that states the way agents of the law (judges, attorneys, and officers) play their roles imposes inevitable consequences on the psychological well-being of those affected. To measure this phenomenon, 509 probationers and 75 probation officers were surveyed in Nebraska. Variables collected by the researchers included probationers perceptions of justice, anticipated emotion, relationships with officers, and motivation.