Citation

Arbuthnot J, Gordon DA. Crim. Justice Behav. 1988; 15(3): 379-393.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0093854888015003009

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The authors first summarize briefly the results of a recent meta-analysis of community-based interventions for delinquents, pointing to the generally low-order results of such efforts. The characteristics of effective interventions are then noted. The bulk of the paper is a discussion of the theoretical basis, intervention strategy, and dissemination of an innovative and cognitively based community intervention--sociomoral reasoning development. Particular attention is given to consideration of those factors--particularly organizational ones--that facilitate the adoption of such interventions.

Keywords: Juvenile justice

Language: en