Introduction

Substance use disorders are the second most common psychiatric disorder in the juvenile justice system, with over 60 percent of juvenile justice youth receiving a substance use disorder diagnosis (Teplin et al., 2002; Vincent, 2012). Youth in the juvenile justice system have three times the rate of substance use disorders of the general juvenile population (Office of Applied Studies, 2003), demonstrating the need to address substance use among this population. The connection between substance use and crime is becoming increasingly well documented. Sustained abstinence from substance use is associated with a 40–70 percent reduction in crime (e.g., Harrell and