Treatment and reintegration of violent juvenile offenders: Experimental results
Treatment and reintegration of violent juvenile offenders: Experimental results
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暴力青少年罪犯的治疗和重返社会：实验结果
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10.1080/07418829000090571
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发表时间：
1990
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通讯作者：
J. Fagan
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作者：
J. Fagan
Violent juvenile crime has become the focus of policy debates on the philosophy of juvenile justice systems and the efficacy of rehabilitation. The Violent Juvenile Offender (VJO) Program was an experiment to test correctional interventions for chronically violent juvenile offenders. Programs in four sites tested an intervention model with four central elements: reintegration, case management, social learning processes, and a phased program of reentry from secure facilities to intensive supervision in the community. Recidivism and social outcomes of participants were compared with those of youths randomly assigned to mainstream juvenile corrections programs. Implementation of the experimental intervention varied by site; results suggest that treatment should be measured as a vector with several dimensions. Failure rates and arrest rates by time at risk for VJO youths were lower than those for control youths in two sites with strong implementation. Reintegration and transition strategies should be the focu...
