The Diversion of Delinquent Youth: Family-Focused Intervention

The practices of an adolescent diversion project are described, & the program's effectiveness is evaluated. Seventy-three youths were randomly assigned to the project or to a control group that received treatment as usual by the court. Project youth were assigned to work with Coll undergrad...

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Published in:Children and youth services review 1983-01, Vol.5 (4), p.343-356
Main Authors: Emshoff, James G, Blakely, Craig H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Delinquency, juvenile
Diversion/Diversions
Intervention
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Summary:The practices of an adolescent diversion project are described, & the program's effectiveness is evaluated. Seventy-three youths were randomly assigned to the project or to a control group that received treatment as usual by the court. Project youth were assigned to work with Coll undergraduates for 18 weeks. The 2 basic intervention techniques employed were behavioral contracting & advocacy. Project youth were further randomly assigned to 1 of 2 intervention conditions within the project: a multifocus group applied the above strategies to a variety of social domains of the youth, while a family condition group focused entirely on the family. Research results focused on standard outcome criteria (police, court, & school data) as well as on the degree to which the experimental conditions differed in practice. 1 Table, 3 Figures, 31 References. Modified AA.
ISSN:0190-7409
DOI:10.1016/0190-7409(83)90002-6