#11 How Oregon turned the dial on juvenile justice reform (Part 1 of 2)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ari Wagner, Chief Operating Officer for Greater Oregon Behavioral Health, Inc (GOBHI) and the Director of Operations which is the department that OCBHJI is under discusses:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ari’s position as the first juvenile justice researcher in Oregon and the significant role she played  in determining the recidivism rate for juvenile offenders, as well as development of a risk assessment tool to help determine placement within the system;</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">How the juvenile system is different from the adult system and how a majority of youth in the system receive treatment in the community instead of within an institution;</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The importance of preventing juveniles from further penetration into the criminal justice system by encouraging treatment engagement while supporting public safety; and</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">We also discuss the risk factors for juvenile criminal behavior, how that informs treatments, and some of the factors that must be addressed to help a youth engage in treatment. </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For more information about the intersection between criminal justice and behavioral health in Oregon, please reach out to us through our website at</span> <a href="http://www.ocbhji.org/podcast"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">http://www.ocbhji.org/podcast</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and Facebook page at</span> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OCBHJI/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.facebook.com/OCBHJI/</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. We’d love to hear from you.</span></p>