Jeremiah W Jaggers
Biographic Data
| ID | 4175939 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeremiah W Jaggers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeremiah W |
| FAMILY NAME | Jaggers |
| SIGNATURE | JAGGERS J W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Utah |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5066-0192 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Measurement Properties of the Thought Disturbance Scale of the Maysi-2: An Assessment of Its Appropriateness for Girls
Studies informing gender-responsive programming in the juvenile justice system reveal high levels of mental health problems amongst girls; however, relatively neglected has been attention to thought disturbances. A major impediment in this regard is that the Thought Disturbance subscale of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-2 (MAYSI-2), the most widely used screening measure for mental health problems amongst detained youth, was not dee…
Assessing the Reliability of SPDAT Homelessness Vulnerability Tools and the Impact of Assessor Consistency and Changes to Homeless Vulnerability Over Time
Efficiently and accurately assessing homeless vulnerability to distribute scarce housing vouchers necessitates reliable assessment methods and tools. This study analyzed data from Utah’s Homeless Management Information Systems (2014–2022) to evaluate the reliability of four tools: the Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool (SPDAT), Family-SPDAT (F-SPDAT), Vulnerability Index-SPDAT (VI-SPDAT), and Family VI-SPDAT (F-VI-SPDAT). Internal co…
Advancing equity in homeless housing support: Unveiling disparities through homeless vulnerability assessments
Using an extensive dataset (n = 30,139) from the Utah Homeless Management Information Systems (2014–2022), this research examined the validity of data for four instruments that determine homeless vulnerability: the Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool, the Family Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool, the Vulnerability Index-Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool, and the Family Vulnerability Index-Service Prioritiza…
Association between Violent Behavior and Longitudinal Patterns of Health Services Use
This study used a person-centered approach to determine the relationship between violent behavior and health services use in a nationally representative cohort. This longitudinal analysis used data from Waves 1–3 (n = 5,114) of The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Data, including social, familial, and behavioral health survey variables. This study used variables indicating the participant had or had not received counseli…
Glimpses into the Heart of Motherhood: An Evaluation of a Photovoice Exhibit’s Influence on Audience Empathy and Action
Associations Between Traumatic Experiences and Mental Health Risk Profiles in Youth with Justice System Involvement
Research has shown that focusing on patterns across concurrent mental health problems may increase accuracy and treatment efficacy, potentially reducing further justice system involvement. This is critical given that over one-third of girls and two-thirds of boys exhibit significant mental health problems fifteen years after release from detention. The purpose of this study was to identify mental health risk profiles of justice-involved youth. Se…
A Critical Crossroads in Child Welfare: Reform or Abolish
Social Work Students’ Perceptions of Sex Offender Management Policies
Social work educators and curricula continue to struggle with educating students about sex offenders, including community policies that may have collateral consequences for sex offenders and minimal benefit to society. There have been no studies specifically examining social work students’ attitudes toward sex offender management policies and connecting them to the EPAS. Hierarchical linear regression models were estimated to examine the relation…
Race/Ethnicity and Mental Health Concerns Among Justice-Involved Girls: Examination of Differences in Subscale Score and Risk Levels on the Maysi-2
The Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument 2 (MAYSI-2) is a widely used mental health screening tool for juveniles entering detention. Racial/ethnic differences have been previously identified, however less attention has been given to such differences among girls. Few studies have examined the relationship between subscale score and risk levels that are used to inform institutional responses. The purpose of this study was to describe racial dif…
Trauma Exposure as a “Driver” of Change in Mental Health Problems Among Youth with Multiple Admissions to Juvenile Detention
Although trauma exposure (TE) has been shown to be a robust predictor of youth involvement in the juvenile justice system, evidence regarding the role of TE amongst youth who recidivate has been more mixed. Recidivist youth are a population of particular concern, given evidence of declining mental health and diminished likelihood of returning to an adaptive developmental course. One way in which TE may contribute to these negative outcomes over t…
Latent Profiles of Responding on the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-2 Subscale Scores by Race/Ethnicity among Juvenile Justice-Involved Boys and Girls
The Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument (MAYSI-2) is one of the most widely utilized screening measures for detecting mental health concerns among youth entering juvenile detention settings. Previous research has demonstrated clear patterns of sex differences in the severity of mental health symptoms among detained boys and girls. However, few studies have examined potential racial or ethnic differences in MAYSI-2 scores, which is a signific…
Social Work Research in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Classification of Mental Health Court Participants: Implications for Completion and Recidivism
The aims of this study were to (a) classify the types of individuals who might be most appropriately served by a mental health court (MHC) and (2) describe the association between class membership on recidivism and MHC completion. Criminal and treatment history data for 350 MHC participants were used. Class memberships were derived using hidden Markov models. Mediation analysis was then used determine the relationship between class, successful MH…
Academic Achievement After Violence Exposure: The Indirect Effects of School Attachment and Motivation to Succeed
A Trauma-Informed Workshop Targeting the Attitudes of Mental Health Providers in a Rural, Racially Diverse Community Bordering Tribal lands
Examining area‐ and individual‐level differences in suicide ideation severity and suicide attempt among youth
Youth suicide is a pressing problem and suicide rates are not equally distributed across geographic areas or socioeconomic status (SES). Death by suicide is often preceded factors including hopelessness and suicide ideation, planning, and attempt. The current study examined area- and individual-level differences in suicide ideation severity and suicide attempt in a state-representative sample of youth from 2019 (N = 78,740) and 2021 (N = 61,396).…
The Relationship Of County-Level Characteristics On Length Of Time Clients Are In Child Protective Services: The Context Of Care
Time spent in the child welfare system changes the life trajectory of those in care. Children who spend longer in care are at greater risk for mental illness. Adoption and Safe Families Act put a limit on how long children could be in out-of-home care; 15 months out of the last 22. Researchers have studied both individual and environmental correlates of time in care. No study has explored individual and environmental predictors of time to case cl…
Attachment to Peers and School: Longitudinal Moderators of the Relation Between Caregiver Psychological Distress and Adolescent Hopelessness
An Ego-Centric Model of Criminal Arrest Among Mental Health Court Participant Network
People with serious mental illness are disproportionately represented among prison/jail populations. Mental health courts (MHC) serve as an alternative to incarceration. In this study, we explore the extent to which MHC participants have members of their social network who were reported as having a history of arrests. Multilevel logistic regression demonstrated friends who used drugs, race, and network density were all predictive of MHC participa…
Evaluation of Interprofessional Practice Education for Master of Social Work Students: Student Perspectives of a Short-term IPE Observation
As interprofessional education (IPE) continues to grow as part of social work programs, it is important to evaluate how best to engage students in understanding this material and explore possible barriers. With this in mind, researchers conducted qualitative interviews and focus groups to explore perceptions of three cohorts of social work students (n=29) participating in short-term interprofessional practicum experiences. Perceived benefits incl…
What About the Parental Response: The Effect of Delinquency and Anger on Parental Monitoring
Parental monitoring is a set of correlated parenting behaviors involving attention to and tracking of the child’s whereabouts, activities, and adaptations. The impact of parental monitoring is ubiquitous and has broad relevance for youth outcomes. Similarly, although less commonly investigated, youth behaviors can impact parents’ or caregivers’ responses or behaviors. Longitudinal analysis was used to assess the gendered effects of youth behavior…
Perceived Effectiveness of Parent Representation Social Workers by Legal Professionals Involved with Indigent Defendants
The total number of children in the U.S. foster care system exceeds 428,000. Previous research indicates that when social workers and legal professionals work together, children and their families benefit significantly. Parents who effectively engage in the child welfare system are more likely to benefit from services and reunify with their children. The present study employed a phenomenological approach to explore how a parent representation pil…
Role of Social Support and Ego Network Characteristics on Quality of Life: Implications for Persons Involved with Mental Health Courts
Mental health courts offer alternatives to incarceration for persons with severe mental illness who are involved in the criminal justice system. These courts have the dual function of ensuring treatment for persons involved in the court as well as ensuring the safety of the public. Persons with severe mental illness who are involved in mental health courts rely on others for support, such as family members. Others may buttress the participant fro…
Behavioral Problems and Psychological Distress Among Seriously Delinquent Youth: Assessing a Mediational Pathway of Parental Monitoring, Peer Delinquency, and Violence Exposure
The onset of behavioral problems in early childhood is associated with an increased frequency of delinquent behavior. A significant amount of youth in the juvenile justice system have histories of mental illness and psychological distress. However, little is known about what factors mediate the relationship between early onset behavioral problems and psychological distress. The present study tested the mediating effect of parental monitoring, ant…
Research at Work: Sampling, Central Tendency, and Causation
A basic understanding of statistics is an important piece of social work practice, informing the ability of social workers to interpret and evaluate existing research and to conduct evaluations of programs in their agencies. This article gives an overview of basic statistical concepts of variables, central tendency, and correlation versus causation to give social workers a preliminary foundation to critically evaluate and utilize basic research. …
A longitudinal examination of predictors of delinquency: An analysis of data from the Mobile Youth Survey
Neighborhood, poverty, and negative behavior: An examination of differential association and social control theory
Correlates of educational success: Predictors of school dropout and graduation for urban students in the Deep South
Older Adult Inmates: The Challenge for Social Work
Older adult inmates have grown both in proportion and in number due to the confluence of a number offactors. This aging of the prison population has created a host of policy and practice issues that encompass justice considerations, cost containment issues, and biopsychosocial care needs. The older prisoner's physical, social, and psychological needs are complex and necessitate gerontologically based service delivery systems. The intent of this a…
Effects of case characteristics on teamwork in family meetings
Little empirical research has examined the effects of case characteristics on high‐quality teamwork within family meetings in child welfare. We attempted to fill this gap using 497 child welfare cases in a Midwestern state in the United States. We found that overall teamwork was negatively associated with domestic violence, frequent placement moves, and a permanency plan of adoption, whereas teamwork was positively associated with the length of i…
Improving child welfare services with family team meetings: A mixed methods analysis of caseworkers' perceived challenges
Trajectories of School and Community Connectedness in Adolescence by Gender and Delinquent Behavior
Previous studies suggest that both school and community connectedness among adolescents are associated with prosocial behaviors and positive outcomes. While delinquency is associated with lack of connectedness to school and community, little research has considered how delinquency affects this relationship for adolescents living in impoverished neighborhoods. This study estimated gendered trajectories of school and community connectedness for ado…
Predictors of Gang Involvement: A Longitudinal Analysis of Data From the Mobile Youth Survey
Using linear growth modeling and data from the Mobile Youth Survey—a 14-year multiple cohort study of adolescents living in low-income neighborhoods in Mobile, Alabama—we investigate the roles of peer influence, family cohesion, and self-worth on gang involvement. The study finds that peer influence, family cohesion, and self-worth have an effect on initial gang involvement, but only family cohesion and gender have any influence on gang involveme…
Predicting Adult Criminality Among Louisiana’s Urban Youth: Poverty, Academic Risk, and Delinquency
Objectives: School truancy, school failure, and dropout are highly correlated with delinquency and criminality. There are also racial inequalities regarding the relationship between education and crime. The current study asks, “What risk do demographic, academic, and behavioral factors contribute to later adult justice system contact for urban youth residing in Louisiana?” Method: Using administrative data from the Louisiana Department of Educati…
Traumatic Stress Among Seriously Delinquent Youth: Considering the Consequences of Neighborhood Circumstance
Myriad factors have been found to have an impact on delinquent behavior and traumatic stress. This study proposes a model that tests the relationship between common predictors of delinquency (neighborhood condition, antisocial peer socialization, and exposure to violence) with traumatic stress. Serial mediation was used to test the relationships between these predictors and traumatic stress. Results indicate the mediation effect between neighborh…
Utilization of Concrete Services in Child Welfare: A Mixed Method Analysis of a Title IV-E Waiver Demonstration Program
Concrete services are goods and services, such as rent, utilities, healthcare, or other tangible services, that are purchased directly by child welfare agencies to help support the short-term needs of a family. Practice wisdom in social work details the importance of meeting basic needs in order for clients to be able to concentrate on completing the case plan. Some literature has mentioned the importance of concrete services for child welfare pr…
Addressing the needs crossover youth: What key professionals are saying
Does Biology Matter in Parent-Child Relationships? Examining Parental Warmth Among Adolescents From Low-Income Families
Family structure has long been a consideration in research focused on adolescent outcomes. The current study uses data derived from the Mobile Youth Survey to examine how parental warmth differs over time for male and female adolescents reporting biological parents and other parental figures (e.g., grandparents, aunts, and siblings). Using estimation of random and fixed growth effects, significant differences were noted for parental type and for …
Methodological Issues in Enumerating Homeless Individuals
The enumeration of homeless individuals is a topic of great importance to programs and professionals serving them, as funding for essential services to this population is often contingent upon quantitative evidence that a significant problem exists. However, this task is often difficult due to methodological quandaries such as the lack of a standard definition of homelessness, variations in study locales, and the transience of the homeless popula…
Older Adult Inmates: The Challenge for Social Work
Older adult inmates have grown both in proportion and in number due to the confluence of a number offactors. This aging of the prison population has created a host of policy and practice issues that encompass justice considerations, cost containment issues, and biopsychosocial care needs. The older prisoner's physical, social, and psychological needs are complex and necessitate gerontologically based service delivery systems. The intent of this a…
A longitudinal examination of predictors of delinquency: An analysis of data from the Mobile Youth Survey
Neighborhood, poverty, and negative behavior: An examination of differential association and social control theory
Predictors of Gang Involvement: A Longitudinal Analysis of Data From the Mobile Youth Survey
Using linear growth modeling and data from the Mobile Youth Survey—a 14-year multiple cohort study of adolescents living in low-income neighborhoods in Mobile, Alabama—we investigate the roles of peer influence, family cohesion, and self-worth on gang involvement. The study finds that peer influence, family cohesion, and self-worth have an effect on initial gang involvement, but only family cohesion and gender have any influence on gang involveme…
Predicting Adult Criminality Among Louisiana’s Urban Youth: Poverty, Academic Risk, and Delinquency
Objectives: School truancy, school failure, and dropout are highly correlated with delinquency and criminality. There are also racial inequalities regarding the relationship between education and crime. The current study asks, “What risk do demographic, academic, and behavioral factors contribute to later adult justice system contact for urban youth residing in Louisiana?” Method: Using administrative data from the Louisiana Department of Educati…
Improving child welfare services with family team meetings: A mixed methods analysis of caseworkers' perceived challenges
Traumatic Stress Among Seriously Delinquent Youth: Considering the Consequences of Neighborhood Circumstance
Myriad factors have been found to have an impact on delinquent behavior and traumatic stress. This study proposes a model that tests the relationship between common predictors of delinquency (neighborhood condition, antisocial peer socialization, and exposure to violence) with traumatic stress. Serial mediation was used to test the relationships between these predictors and traumatic stress. Results indicate the mediation effect between neighborh…
Trajectories of School and Community Connectedness in Adolescence by Gender and Delinquent Behavior
Previous studies suggest that both school and community connectedness among adolescents are associated with prosocial behaviors and positive outcomes. While delinquency is associated with lack of connectedness to school and community, little research has considered how delinquency affects this relationship for adolescents living in impoverished neighborhoods. This study estimated gendered trajectories of school and community connectedness for ado…
Utilization of Concrete Services in Child Welfare: A Mixed Method Analysis of a Title IV-E Waiver Demonstration Program
Concrete services are goods and services, such as rent, utilities, healthcare, or other tangible services, that are purchased directly by child welfare agencies to help support the short-term needs of a family. Practice wisdom in social work details the importance of meeting basic needs in order for clients to be able to concentrate on completing the case plan. Some literature has mentioned the importance of concrete services for child welfare pr…
Correlates of educational success: Predictors of school dropout and graduation for urban students in the Deep South
Addressing the needs crossover youth: What key professionals are saying
Does Biology Matter in Parent-Child Relationships? Examining Parental Warmth Among Adolescents From Low-Income Families
Family structure has long been a consideration in research focused on adolescent outcomes. The current study uses data derived from the Mobile Youth Survey to examine how parental warmth differs over time for male and female adolescents reporting biological parents and other parental figures (e.g., grandparents, aunts, and siblings). Using estimation of random and fixed growth effects, significant differences were noted for parental type and for …
Effects of case characteristics on teamwork in family meetings
Little empirical research has examined the effects of case characteristics on high‐quality teamwork within family meetings in child welfare. We attempted to fill this gap using 497 child welfare cases in a Midwestern state in the United States. We found that overall teamwork was negatively associated with domestic violence, frequent placement moves, and a permanency plan of adoption, whereas teamwork was positively associated with the length of i…
The Longitudinal Impact of Distal, Non-Familial Relationships on Parental Monitoring: Implications for Delinquent Behavior
An extensive body of work shows that parental monitoring reduces the likelihood of risky behaviors among youth, yet little attention has been given to the factors compelling parents to engage in monitoring behaviors. The current study examines the association between non-familial, adolescent relationships (i.e., school connectedness, community connectedness, and peer relationships) and parental monitoring. The data used come from the Mobile Youth…
Research at Work: Sampling, Central Tendency, and Causation
A basic understanding of statistics is an important piece of social work practice, informing the ability of social workers to interpret and evaluate existing research and to conduct evaluations of programs in their agencies. This article gives an overview of basic statistical concepts of variables, central tendency, and correlation versus causation to give social workers a preliminary foundation to critically evaluate and utilize basic research. …
Methodological Challenges in Retrospective Evaluation of Mental Health Court Effectiveness
Mental Health Courts (MHCs) are problem-solving courts that have been implemented throughout the United States. One critical component of MHCs is determining their effectiveness and limitations. However, unique challenges are encountered when evaluating MHCs. One major challenge, and the focus of this paper, is identifying an adequate control group. The ideal approach to determining efficacy is using a controlled group design whereby participants…
What About the Parental Response: The Effect of Delinquency and Anger on Parental Monitoring
Parental monitoring is a set of correlated parenting behaviors involving attention to and tracking of the child’s whereabouts, activities, and adaptations. The impact of parental monitoring is ubiquitous and has broad relevance for youth outcomes. Similarly, although less commonly investigated, youth behaviors can impact parents’ or caregivers’ responses or behaviors. Longitudinal analysis was used to assess the gendered effects of youth behavior…
Perceived Effectiveness of Parent Representation Social Workers by Legal Professionals Involved with Indigent Defendants
The total number of children in the U.S. foster care system exceeds 428,000. Previous research indicates that when social workers and legal professionals work together, children and their families benefit significantly. Parents who effectively engage in the child welfare system are more likely to benefit from services and reunify with their children. The present study employed a phenomenological approach to explore how a parent representation pil…
Role of Social Support and Ego Network Characteristics on Quality of Life: Implications for Persons Involved with Mental Health Courts
Mental health courts offer alternatives to incarceration for persons with severe mental illness who are involved in the criminal justice system. These courts have the dual function of ensuring treatment for persons involved in the court as well as ensuring the safety of the public. Persons with severe mental illness who are involved in mental health courts rely on others for support, such as family members. Others may buttress the participant fro…
Behavioral Problems and Psychological Distress Among Seriously Delinquent Youth: Assessing a Mediational Pathway of Parental Monitoring, Peer Delinquency, and Violence Exposure
The onset of behavioral problems in early childhood is associated with an increased frequency of delinquent behavior. A significant amount of youth in the juvenile justice system have histories of mental illness and psychological distress. However, little is known about what factors mediate the relationship between early onset behavioral problems and psychological distress. The present study tested the mediating effect of parental monitoring, ant…
An Ego-Centric Model of Criminal Arrest Among Mental Health Court Participant Network
People with serious mental illness are disproportionately represented among prison/jail populations. Mental health courts (MHC) serve as an alternative to incarceration. In this study, we explore the extent to which MHC participants have members of their social network who were reported as having a history of arrests. Multilevel logistic regression demonstrated friends who used drugs, race, and network density were all predictive of MHC participa…
Evaluation of Interprofessional Practice Education for Master of Social Work Students: Student Perspectives of a Short-term IPE Observation
As interprofessional education (IPE) continues to grow as part of social work programs, it is important to evaluate how best to engage students in understanding this material and explore possible barriers. With this in mind, researchers conducted qualitative interviews and focus groups to explore perceptions of three cohorts of social work students (n=29) participating in short-term interprofessional practicum experiences. Perceived benefits incl…
Latent Profiles of Responding on the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-2 Subscale Scores by Race/Ethnicity among Juvenile Justice-Involved Boys and Girls
The Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument (MAYSI-2) is one of the most widely utilized screening measures for detecting mental health concerns among youth entering juvenile detention settings. Previous research has demonstrated clear patterns of sex differences in the severity of mental health symptoms among detained boys and girls. However, few studies have examined potential racial or ethnic differences in MAYSI-2 scores, which is a signific…
Social Work Research in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Psychology (35 works) · Medicine (24 works) · Political science (19 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (17 works) · Clinical Psychology (14 works) · Psychiatry (14 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Developmental psychology (13 works) · Mental health (13 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (12 works)