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Jones, Damon; Bumbarger, Brian K.; Greenberg, Mark T.; Greenwood, Peter; Kyler, Sandee – Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development (NJ1), 2008
This report considers the cost-effectiveness potential for seven research-based programs funded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD). These programs are highlighted because they represent the bulk of the PCCD's investment in prevention programming and because there are existing longitudinal data on program outcomes from…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention, Prevention, Economic Impact
Hsia, Heidi M. – 1997
Juvenile crime and its immediate and long-term economic and human costs have become a national concern. Programs to prevent and reduce delinquency have developed across the country and one such program in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (which includes Pittsburgh) is described in this bulletin. The Allegheny program exemplifies a large-scale,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Action, Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. Center for Policy Research. – 1991
This report is based on a review of literature, statistical data, and a range of community-based programs for juvenile offenders, studied during the past 5 years by the National Governors' Association. The report provides an overview of innovative approaches to program design and coordination of services for delinquent youth. It describes several…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, Correctional Education, Delinquency