Community Prevention and Treatment of Juvenile Delinquency
Community Prevention and Treatment of Juvenile Delinquency
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社区防治未成年人犯罪
DOI：
10.1177/002242787701400104
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发表时间：
1977
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Michael C. Dixon
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作者：
W. E. Wright;Michael C. Dixon
对近十年来预防青少年犯罪工作的文献进行了调查。从大约 6,600 份摘要中，仅发现 96 份报告包含某种形式的项目效果经验数据。每份报告都根据内部和外部有效性以及政策效用进行了评级。总体而言，文献的科学有效性和政策效用都较低。研究结果涉及三大类问题——政治问题、方法论问题和理论问题。当过程评估更合适时，政治压力可能会迫使结果评估。方法论问题源于对预防、犯罪和治疗的不明确和不同的定义。简单化和不存在的理论观点会导致对成功的不切实际的期望。
A survey was made of the literature on juvenile delinquency preven tion efforts over the past ten years. From approximately 6,600 abstracts, only 96 reports were found which contained some form of empirical data of project effects. Each report was rated for internal and external validity and for policy utility. Overall, the literature was low in both scientific validity and policy utility. The findings are discussed in relation to three general categories of problems—political, methodological, and theoreti cal. Political pressure may force outcome evaluation when process evaluation would be more appropriate. Methodological problems arise from unclear and varying definitions of prevention, delinquency, and treatment. Simplistic and nonexistent theoretical perspectives lead to unrealistic expectations for success.