Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9623314 | International Journal of Law and Psychiatry | 2005 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
This study reports on the reduction in violent offending in a population of serious and violent juvenile offenders following an intensive institutional treatment program. The treatment group (NÂ =Â 101) is compared to a similar group that was assessed but not treated (NÂ =Â 147). All youth were sent to the program from a juvenile corrections institution where they had received the customary rehabilitation services. The results show a significant reduction in the prevalence of recidivism in the treated group after controlling for time at risk in the community and other covariates. The effects of non-random group assignment were reduced by including a propensity score analysis procedure in the outcome analysis. Untreated comparison youth appeared to be about twice as likely to commit violent offenses as were treated youth (44% vs. 23%). Similarly, treated youth had significantly lower hazard ratios for recidivism in the in the community than the comparison youth, even after accounting for the effects of non-random group assignment.
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Authors
Michael F. Caldwell, Gregory J. Van Rybroek,