Mark A. Greenwald
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
23 Papers
18 Citations
Mark A. Greenwald is an academic researcher from Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. The author has contributed to research in topics: Juvenile delinquency & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 23 publications. Previous affiliations of Mark A. Greenwald include University of South Florida St. Petersburg & Florida State University.
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Papers
Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders
TL;DR: In this article, the prevalence of serious, violent, and chronic offenders is assessed across 5 years of delinquency referrals to a centralized juvenile justice agency, and differences in prevalence by gender and race/ethnicity and by age at first referral are compared for these youth with the other juveniles.
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Human trafficking of minors and childhood adversity in Florida
TL;DR: Sexual abuse in connection with high ACE scores may serve as a key predictor of exploitation in human trafficking for both boys and girls.
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Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality in Psychiatric Diagnoses and Treatment in a Sample of Serious Juvenile Offenders.
TL;DR: Examination of racial/ethnic disparity in psychiatric diagnoses and treatment of behavioral disorders associated with delinquency in juvenile justice residential placements in Florida indicates Black males are 40 % more likely, and Black females 54 %, more likely to be diagnosed with conduct disorder than Whites, even upon considerations of trauma, behavioral indicators, and criminal offending.
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Comparison of Multisystemic Therapy and Functional Family Therapy Effectiveness: A Multiyear Statewide Propensity Score Matching Analysis of Juvenile Offenders
TL;DR: In this article, the effectiveness of Multisystemic Therapy compared with Functional Family Therapy (FFT) in a multi-year statewide sample of juvenile offenders was examined using PSM.
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Juvenile Court and Contemporary Diversion: Helpful, Harmful, or Both?
Daniel P. Mears,Joshua J. Kuch,Andrea M. Lindsey,Sonja E. Siennick,George B. Pesta,Mark A. Greenwald,Thomas G. Blomberg +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a more tempered embrace of diversion and a fuller embrace of research-guided efforts to achieve the juvenile court's ideals is recommended. But, the risk of netwidening for the police and the court is considerable, and it highlights the importance of, and need for, research on the use and effects of diversion.
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