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Henggeler, Scott W.; Schoenwald, Sonja K. – Society for Research in Child Development, 2011
In a context where more than 1,000,000 American adolescents are processed by juvenile courts annually and approximately 160,000 are sent to residential placements, this paper examines "what works" and "what doesn't work" in reducing the criminal behavior of juvenile offenders and presents examples of government initiatives that have successfully…
Descriptors: Intervention, Antisocial Behavior, Delinquency Prevention, Juvenile Courts
National Inst. for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Dept. of Justice/LEAA), Washington, DC. – 1980
This report includes content areas consistent with the major activities and program components of the National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (NIJJDP). The major statutorily-established functions of NIJJDP are assessed in terms of research, evaluation, and program development, information development and dissemination,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Rehabilitation, Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention