Table 1.
Sample characteristics
| Total Sample | Core | Core + Enhanced | ω2 for total sample c | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | N | Mean (SE) |
N | Mean (SE) |
N | Mean (SE) |
|
| Youth characteristics | |||||||
| Age | 8987 | 15.25 (1.33) | 4586 | 15.27 (1.33) | 4401 | 15.24 (1.34) | .00 (.000, .001) |
| Male (%) | 8985 | 79% | 4586 | 81.36% | 4399 | 77.20% | .003 (.001, .005) |
| White | 8567 | 52% | 4190 | 41.03% | 4377 | 62.1% | .044 (.036, .053) |
| Non-White | 8567 | 48% | 4190 | 59.0% | 4377 | 37.9% | .044 (.036, .053) |
| Black (%) | 8567 | 46% | 4190 | 56.78% | 4377 | 35.64% | .045 (.037, .054) |
| Hispanic (%) | 7920 | 30% | 3709 | 20.90% | 4211 | 37.97% | .035 (.027, .043) |
| Percentage of youth had a positive urine screen (Positive Urine) | 8988 | 28% | 4587 | 22% | 4401 | 34% | .017 (.012, .023) |
| Charges a | 8508 | 1.60 (.55) | 4356 | 1.58 (.55) | 4152 | 1.62 0.55) | .001 (.0003, .003) |
| Maximum Charge Level | 8409 | 1.60 (.55) | 4313 | 1.58 (.55) | 4096 | 1.63 (.55) | .0015 (.0003, .0037) |
| Current charges were alcohol or other drug-related (%) | 8988 | 34% | 4587 | 36% | 4401 | 32% | .001 (.0002, .003) |
| Current charges were violence-related (%) | 8988 | 22% | 4587 | 19% | 4401 | 24% | .003 (.002, .006) |
| Level of community supervision b | 8988 | 1.63 (.52) | 4587 | 1.60 (.55) | 4401 | 1.67 (.49) | .004 (.002, .008) |
| Juvenile justice status (probation, %) | 8988 | 65% | 4587 | 63% | 4401 | 67% | .002 (.001, .004) |
| County characteristics | |||||||
| Percentage of residents in urban areas (% Urbanicity) | 8988 | 92% | 4587 | 92% | 4401 | 92% | .002 (.0004, .004) |
| Percentage of families with youth living in poverty | 8988 | 18% | 4587 | 19% | 4401 | 17% | .033 (.026, .040) |
Note. a Charges = the total number of charges in the following categories: alcohol and drug-related charges, probation/parole violation, weapons offense, and other status offense [13]. b Level of community supervision includes 2 = more community supervision (any probation, parole, Juvenile Drug Court, detention, or other justice status), 1 = less (other community supervision or diversion), and 0 = other combinations of statuses or no status indicated. c omega2 (ω2) was used to evaluate significance and select covariates for subsequent analyses, with the following designations: no effect (ω2 = 0), small effect (ω2 = .01), medium effect (ω2 = .06), and large effect (ω2 = .14)