Richard Dembo
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 223920 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Richard Dembo |
| NOMBRES | Richard |
| APELLIDO | Dembo |
| FIRMA | DEMBO R |
| AFILIACIONES | University of South Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4113-2910 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 38 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 57 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 38 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1971 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Two-Level, Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Single Factor Savry Individual/Clinical Risk Measure Across Mississippi Juvenile Court Jurisdictions
The Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY), widely used to assess risk and protective factors among justice-involved youth, demonstrates predictive validity with regard to recidivism. At the individual level, the dynamic Individual/Clinical Risk Factor of the SAVRY has previously demonstrated consistent form across gender and race among Mississippi justice-involved youth. Little is known about the factor structure of the Individu…
Trauma-Informed Understanding of Depression Among Justice-Involved Youth
The association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and depression has been the focus of a number of prevalent studies in recent years-particularly among high-risk youth. Depression remains a significant mental health issue among justice-involved youth. There is a well-established correlation between depressed mood and conduct problems (e.g., conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder) during childhood and adolescence, which tend…
Assessment of a Second-Order Multi-Problem Factor Model Involving Sexual Partners, Marijuana Use, and Post-Arrest Placement Among Persistent Male Adolescent Delinquents
Problem-behavior theory suggests problem behaviors (e.g. substance use and delinquency) cluster among adolescents. This study explored a second-order problem behavior model of marijuana use, sexual partners, and post-arrest juvenile justice system placement among male adolescents over three waves. Results confirmed a second-order latent factor of problem behaviors, with male adolescents persistently involved in the juvenile justice system experie…
Longitudinal Cohort Study
Many juvenile justice agencies have moved toward risk-need-responsivity and risk-need-assessment approaches to manage youth and reduce future risk of recidivism. The Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY) instrument is a popular tool to assess risk and protective factors among justice-involved youth. The present study explored the consistency of the Individual/Clinical Risk measure, comprised of eight items (e.g., anger, negative…
Subgroups of Persistent Juvenile Offenders
Many juvenile justice agencies rely on risk assessments to inform administrative decisions about youth placement. While many studies within recent years have explored patterns in criminal offending over time, little research has explored the heterogeneity in youth placement decisions by the juvenile justice system. There is a need to document the patterns, levels, and trends in offense risk among youth entering and reentering the justice system. …
Longitudinal associations between a health risk factor and juvenile justice placement among persistent juvenile offenders
Health criminology explores the connection between crime and health factors. Less is understood about longitudinal health risks and adolescents entering the juvenile justice system. This study used a sample of n = 388 males involved in the juvenile justice system to examined longitudinal associations of a latent health risk factor, comprised of depression, marijuana use, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), with post‐juvenile assessment ce…
Haitian and Haitian American experiences of racism and socioethnic discrimination in Miami‐Dade county
We examine how juvenile justice‐involved youth of Haitian descent in Miami‐Dade County cope with structural racism and its impact on their mental health. Drawing on longitudinal ethnography, psychosocial assessment data, and a family‐based clinical intervention funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, this article explores youth narratives of discrimination prior to and during the COVID‐19 pandemic. We use critical race theory and theory o…
Impact of implementation interventions to improve substance use service delivery on recidivism among justice-involved youth
Substance use disorders (SUD) are prevalent among justice-involved youth (JIY) and are a robust predictor of re-offending. Only a fraction of JIY with substance use problems receive treatment. This paper describes the impacts of system-level efforts to improve identification and referral to treatment on recidivism of JIY. A cluster randomized trial involving 20 county juvenile justice agency sites across 5 states was used to implement an organiza…
Results of a national survey of substance use treatment services for youth under community supervision
Assessing the Validity of Self-Reports of Marijuana Use among Adolescents Entering the Juvenile Justice System
Objective: Scant research exists on the validity of self-reported marijuana use using biological assays among adolescents involved in the juvenile justice system. This exploratory study examined gender (sex) differences in underreporting of marijuana use and the impact of age, race/ethnicity, living situation, depression, family problems, sexual risk behaviors, previous drug treatment, and juvenile justice placement. Methods: Self-reports of past…
Juvenile justice–involved Haitian families' experiences of structural racism and socioethnic discrimination
An Examination of Risk Profiles among Justice-Involved Girls
Studies addressing risk factors among justice-involved girls in rural areas remain a neglected area of research. Following an intersectional framework, the current study examines the patterning of a broad range of risk factors and health needs, across urban and rural contexts, among arrested African American, Hispanic, and white females who participated in a public health service. Results from a latent class analysis suggest significant differenc…
Remote delivery of a therapeutic intervention to court‐mandated youths of Haitian descent during Covid‐19
The threat generated by the COVID‐19 pandemic has triggered sudden institutional changes in an effort to reduce viral spread. Restrictions on group gatherings and in‐person engagement have increased the demand for remote service delivery. These restrictions have also affected the delivery of court‐mandated interventions. However, much of the literature has focused on populations that voluntarily seek out face‐to‐face medical care or mental health…
Collaboration as Process
The increasingly intractable nature of many social problems has given rise to cross-institutional and interdisciplinary collaborations in order to respond to social problems that no single entity can resolve on its own. One value of anthropology lies in its capacity to provide culturally tailored strategies for successful collaboration between different stakeholders in communities, across disciplinary fields, among public policymakers and practit…
An Examination of Gender Differences in Bullying among Justice-involved Adolescents
Most studies of bullying rely on school-based samples of youth; however, a few studies of justice-involved populations suggest delinquent youth experience higher rates of bullying than youth in the general population. Little is known about gender differences in bullying among justice-involved youth. Using data from a Health Coach service project for justice-involve youth implemented at two intake facilities, 312 female and 857 male newly arrested…
Recidivism Among Justice-Involved Youth
Recidivism, and the factors related to it, remains a highly significant concern among juvenile justice researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. Recent studies highlight the need to examine multiple measures of recidivism as well as conduct multilevel analyses of this phenomenon. Using data collected in a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded Juvenile Justice-Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal Syste…
Individual- and Community-Level Factors in the STD Status of Justice-Involved Youth
HIV Stigma in Prisons and Jails
Efficacy of a Process Improvement Intervention on Delivery of HIV Services to Offenders
Objectives. We tested a modified Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) process improvement model to implement improved HIV services (prevention, testing, and linkage to treatment) for offenders under correctional supervision. Methods. As part of the Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies, Phase 2, the HIV Services and Treatment Implementation in Corrections study conducted 14 cluster-randomized trials in 2011 to 2013 a…
Detecting, Preventing, and Treating Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Adolescent Arrestees
Studies of detained and incarcerated adolescent offenders in the United States indicate that these juveniles have an elevated risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). However, many more arrestees enter the “front end” of the juvenile justice system than are detained or incarcerated, and research into the STD risk profiles and service needs of this larger group is lacking. An expansion of STD testing (including of asymptomatic youths), preven…
Testing a Model of the Influence of Family Problem Factors on High-Risk Youths' Troubled Behavior
Using data collected in a study of arrested youths processed at a juvenile assessment center who entered a home-based family intervention project, the authors test a three-stage longitudinal model. The model reflects a developmental damage view of the relationships of the youths' family problems (including their physical abuse and sexual victimization experiences) to their drug use and delinquent behavior over time. The hypothesized model is supp…
Crack Cocaine Dealing by Adolescents in Two Public Housing Projects
This paper reports on a pilot study in which 110 individuals, including 34 adolescent dealers in two housing projects were interviewed. The majority of young dealers were no longer in school, and 61% were unemployed. Most of the adolescents' income from crack dealing went to luxury items or business expenses, and not to help support their family. Most young dealers indicated that they were not currently using crack. Their involvement in drug deal…
Drug Abuse among Juvenile Detainees
Although recent surveys of youths in the general population indicate that drug use has declined, drug use among juvenile detainees remains at a high level. These youths, who are often experiencing multiple problems, are a seriously underserved population group in our society. A review of the literature, and results from an ongoing longitudinal study of juvenile detainees in Tampa, Florida, documenting their drug use and related problems, lead to …
Examining a structural model of the relationships among alcohol use, marijuana/hashish use, their effects, and emotional and psychological problems over time in a cohort of high-risk youths
Using data collected in a longitudinal study of detained juveniles, we test a model of the relationships among alcohol and marijuana or hashish use, reported adverse effects of the use of these substances, and emotional and psychological problems. Significant interrelationships were found among these factors over time. Degree of involvement in alcohol and marijuana or hashish use (measured either by self‐reports or both self‐reports and urine tes…
Further Examination of the Association Between Heavy Marijuana Use and Crime Among Youths Entering a Juvenile Detention Center
(1987). Further Examination of the Association Between Heavy Marijuana Use and Crime Among Youths Entering a Juvenile Detention Center. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs: Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 361-373
Parents and Drugs Revisited
Social control and social learning theories suggest divergent relationships between attachment to parents and children's drug use when level of parent drug use is considered. Social control theory proposes a uniformly negative relationship between children's drug use and attachment to parents whereas social learning theory proposes that the relationship is affected by parental drug use. The relationship between attachment to parents and children'…
Crack Cocaine Dealing by Adolescents in Two Public Housing Projects
This paper reports on a pilot study in which 110 individuals, including 34 adolescent dealers in two housing projects were interviewed. The majority of young dealers were no longer in school, and 61% were unemployed. Most of the adolescents' income from crack dealing went to luxury items or business expenses, and not to help support their family. Most young dealers indicated that they were not currently using crack. Their involvement in drug deal…
Orientation and Activities of the Parole Officer
Life Style and Media Use Among English Working-Class Youths
The influence of family relationships on marijuana use among a sample of inner city youths
This study of the etiology of drug use explores the influence of family relationship variables (parental support) on self‐identification, and alcohol and marijuana use of 258 inner‐city, male adolescents. A latent variable structural model of the effect of parental support on alcohol and drug use, mediated by self‐identification, was estimated using a maximum likelihood solution. Results support the adequacy of the model. Perceived family support…
Examining a Causal Model of Early Drug Involvement among Inner-City Junior High School Youths
Reflecting the need to construct more inclusive, socially and culturally relevant conceptions of drug use than currently exist, this paper investigates the determinants of drug involvement among inner-city youths within the context of a causal model. The drug involvement of the Black and Puerto Rican junior high school girls and boys studied is hypothesized to result from their home composition, felt relationships with parents, attitudes toward s…
Detecting, Preventing, and Treating Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Adolescent Arrestees
Studies of detained and incarcerated adolescent offenders in the United States indicate that these juveniles have an elevated risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). However, many more arrestees enter the “front end” of the juvenile justice system than are detained or incarcerated, and research into the STD risk profiles and service needs of this larger group is lacking. An expansion of STD testing (including of asymptomatic youths), preven…
Collaboration as Process
The increasingly intractable nature of many social problems has given rise to cross-institutional and interdisciplinary collaborations in order to respond to social problems that no single entity can resolve on its own. One value of anthropology lies in its capacity to provide culturally tailored strategies for successful collaboration between different stakeholders in communities, across disciplinary fields, among public policymakers and practit…
An Examination of Gender Differences in Bullying among Justice-involved Adolescents
Most studies of bullying rely on school-based samples of youth; however, a few studies of justice-involved populations suggest delinquent youth experience higher rates of bullying than youth in the general population. Little is known about gender differences in bullying among justice-involved youth. Using data from a Health Coach service project for justice-involve youth implemented at two intake facilities, 312 female and 857 male newly arrested…
Processes of early drug involvement in three inner-city neighborhood settings
The present paper explores the drug use of a sample of inner‐city junior high school youths by examining a hypothesized, interactive relationship between the perceived toughness/drug use in their neighborhood and the youths’ demographic, neighborhood orientation/involvement, and drug use context factors in regard to their drug involvement. In support of our hypothesis, discriminant analysis indicated that different processes were reflected in the…
A Subcultural Account of Media Effects
Most laboratory and field studies into media effect have focussed on aggressive drive or attitude. Overall, their results suggest that a relationship exists between media violence and personal aggression -though the findings are by no means clear-cut. In contrast to this assessment, the present paper asserts that the mass media exert no proven influence at all. Reinterpreting previous work and discussing the findings of new research, we argue tha…
Remote delivery of a therapeutic intervention to court‐mandated youths of Haitian descent during Covid‐19
The threat generated by the COVID‐19 pandemic has triggered sudden institutional changes in an effort to reduce viral spread. Restrictions on group gatherings and in‐person engagement have increased the demand for remote service delivery. These restrictions have also affected the delivery of court‐mandated interventions. However, much of the literature has focused on populations that voluntarily seek out face‐to‐face medical care or mental health…
Examining a structural model of the relationships among alcohol use, marijuana/hashish use, their effects, and emotional and psychological problems over time in a cohort of high-risk youths
Using data collected in a longitudinal study of detained juveniles, we test a model of the relationships among alcohol and marijuana or hashish use, reported adverse effects of the use of these substances, and emotional and psychological problems. Significant interrelationships were found among these factors over time. Degree of involvement in alcohol and marijuana or hashish use (measured either by self‐reports or both self‐reports and urine tes…
A Measure of Aggression Among Working-Class Youths
Journal Article A MEASURE OF AGGRESSION AMONG WORKING-CLASS YOUTHS Get access RICHARD DEMBO RICHARD DEMBO * Ph.D. (New York University); research officer, Centre for Mass Communications Research, University of Leicester Leicester Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 13, Issue 3, July 1973, Pages 245–252, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a046461 Published: 01 …
Recidivism
Life Style and Media Use Among English Working-Class Youths
Orientation and Activities of the Parole Officer
A Measure of Aggression Among Working-Class Youths
Journal Article A MEASURE OF AGGRESSION AMONG WORKING-CLASS YOUTHS Get access RICHARD DEMBO RICHARD DEMBO * Ph.D. (New York University); research officer, Centre for Mass Communications Research, University of Leicester Leicester Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 13, Issue 3, July 1973, Pages 245–252, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a046461 Published: 01 …
A Subcultural Account of Media Effects
Most laboratory and field studies into media effect have focussed on aggressive drive or attitude. Overall, their results suggest that a relationship exists between media violence and personal aggression -though the findings are by no means clear-cut. In contrast to this assessment, the present paper asserts that the mass media exert no proven influence at all. Reinterpreting previous work and discussing the findings of new research, we argue tha…
Demographic, Value, and Behavior Correlates of Marijuana Use among Middle-Class Youths
Richard Dembo, James Schmeidler, Mary Koval, Demographic, Value, and Behavior Correlates of Marijuana Use among Middle-Class Youths, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Jun., 1976), pp. 176-186
Factors in the Drug Involvement of Inner City Junior High School Youths
DATA from a survey of youths attending an inner city junior high school were examined to learn how their demographic characteristics, socio-cultural experiences and the drug use existing among their neighbourhood peers related to their involvement with substances. Discriminant analysis uncovered two important factors that were associated with the youths' drug taking : (1) a street scene, social / recreational drug use factor and (2) a cluster ref…
Juvenile justice
Examining a Causal Model of Early Drug Involvement among Inner-City Junior High School Youths
Reflecting the need to construct more inclusive, socially and culturally relevant conceptions of drug use than currently exist, this paper investigates the determinants of drug involvement among inner-city youths within the context of a causal model. The drug involvement of the Black and Puerto Rican junior high school girls and boys studied is hypothesized to result from their home composition, felt relationships with parents, attitudes toward s…
Processes of early drug involvement in three inner-city neighborhood settings
The present paper explores the drug use of a sample of inner‐city junior high school youths by examining a hypothesized, interactive relationship between the perceived toughness/drug use in their neighborhood and the youths’ demographic, neighborhood orientation/involvement, and drug use context factors in regard to their drug involvement. In support of our hypothesis, discriminant analysis indicated that different processes were reflected in the…
The influence of family relationships on marijuana use among a sample of inner city youths
This study of the etiology of drug use explores the influence of family relationship variables (parental support) on self‐identification, and alcohol and marijuana use of 258 inner‐city, male adolescents. A latent variable structural model of the effect of parental support on alcohol and drug use, mediated by self‐identification, was estimated using a maximum likelihood solution. Results support the adequacy of the model. Perceived family support…
Parents and Drugs Revisited
Social control and social learning theories suggest divergent relationships between attachment to parents and children's drug use when level of parent drug use is considered. Social control theory proposes a uniformly negative relationship between children's drug use and attachment to parents whereas social learning theory proposes that the relationship is affected by parental drug use. The relationship between attachment to parents and children'…
Further Examination of the Association Between Heavy Marijuana Use and Crime Among Youths Entering a Juvenile Detention Center
(1987). Further Examination of the Association Between Heavy Marijuana Use and Crime Among Youths Entering a Juvenile Detention Center. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs: Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 361-373
Heavy Marijuana Use and Crime Among Youths Entering a Juvenile Detention Center
Drug Abuse among Juvenile Detainees
Although recent surveys of youths in the general population indicate that drug use has declined, drug use among juvenile detainees remains at a high level. These youths, who are often experiencing multiple problems, are a seriously underserved population group in our society. A review of the literature, and results from an ongoing longitudinal study of juvenile detainees in Tampa, Florida, documenting their drug use and related problems, lead to …
Examining a structural model of the relationships among alcohol use, marijuana/hashish use, their effects, and emotional and psychological problems over time in a cohort of high-risk youths
Using data collected in a longitudinal study of detained juveniles, we test a model of the relationships among alcohol and marijuana or hashish use, reported adverse effects of the use of these substances, and emotional and psychological problems. Significant interrelationships were found among these factors over time. Degree of involvement in alcohol and marijuana or hashish use (measured either by self‐reports or both self‐reports and urine tes…
Crack Cocaine Dealing by Adolescents in Two Public Housing Projects
This paper reports on a pilot study in which 110 individuals, including 34 adolescent dealers in two housing projects were interviewed. The majority of young dealers were no longer in school, and 61% were unemployed. Most of the adolescents' income from crack dealing went to luxury items or business expenses, and not to help support their family. Most young dealers indicated that they were not currently using crack. Their involvement in drug deal…
Testing a Model of the Influence of Family Problem Factors on High-Risk Youths' Troubled Behavior
Using data collected in a study of arrested youths processed at a juvenile assessment center who entered a home-based family intervention project, the authors test a three-stage longitudinal model. The model reflects a developmental damage view of the relationships of the youths' family problems (including their physical abuse and sexual victimization experiences) to their drug use and delinquent behavior over time. The hypothesized model is supp…
Detecting, Preventing, and Treating Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Adolescent Arrestees
Studies of detained and incarcerated adolescent offenders in the United States indicate that these juveniles have an elevated risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). However, many more arrestees enter the “front end” of the juvenile justice system than are detained or incarcerated, and research into the STD risk profiles and service needs of this larger group is lacking. An expansion of STD testing (including of asymptomatic youths), preven…
Efficacy of a Process Improvement Intervention on Delivery of HIV Services to Offenders
Objectives. We tested a modified Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) process improvement model to implement improved HIV services (prevention, testing, and linkage to treatment) for offenders under correctional supervision. Methods. As part of the Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies, Phase 2, the HIV Services and Treatment Implementation in Corrections study conducted 14 cluster-randomized trials in 2011 to 2013 a…
HIV Stigma in Prisons and Jails
Individual- and Community-Level Factors in the STD Status of Justice-Involved Youth
Recidivism Among Justice-Involved Youth
Recidivism, and the factors related to it, remains a highly significant concern among juvenile justice researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. Recent studies highlight the need to examine multiple measures of recidivism as well as conduct multilevel analyses of this phenomenon. Using data collected in a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded Juvenile Justice-Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal Syste…
Remote delivery of a therapeutic intervention to court‐mandated youths of Haitian descent during Covid‐19
The threat generated by the COVID‐19 pandemic has triggered sudden institutional changes in an effort to reduce viral spread. Restrictions on group gatherings and in‐person engagement have increased the demand for remote service delivery. These restrictions have also affected the delivery of court‐mandated interventions. However, much of the literature has focused on populations that voluntarily seek out face‐to‐face medical care or mental health…
Collaboration as Process
The increasingly intractable nature of many social problems has given rise to cross-institutional and interdisciplinary collaborations in order to respond to social problems that no single entity can resolve on its own. One value of anthropology lies in its capacity to provide culturally tailored strategies for successful collaboration between different stakeholders in communities, across disciplinary fields, among public policymakers and practit…
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