Citation

Hess JZ, Arner W, Sykes E, Price AG. J. Juv. Justice 2012; 2(1): 12-24.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, In Public Domain (U.S. Department of Justice OJJDP), Publisher CSR)

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Abstract

As a problem that leads to many burdens on families and communities, juvenile delinquency has prompted much attention and many types of interventions over the years. Despite great efforts and noted progress in helping some adjudicated offenders, recidivism continues to be a substantial problem for others. As budgets continue to tighten, finding ways of addressing juvenile delinquency more effectively, and reducing recidivism in particular, has become even more important.Realizing this, the Utah Juvenile Court recently conducted a study of all its contracted programs aimed at reducing recidivism. Among the program effects observed, in-home interventions using paraprofessional workers showed striking and unique results. This article reviews these evaluation findings and considers several reasons why an in-home approach may be especially effective for reducing recidivism.
Keywords: juvenile justice, recidivism, in-home intervention, families, education, risk factor assessment

Language: en