The U.K. National Audit Office (NAO) commissioned RAND Europe to conduct this review to identify and synthesize international research about the effectiveness of community orders in reducing re-offending. In this report, we review research on ten of the common requirements contained in community orders. Through examining reviews, systematic…

The U.K. National Audit Office (NAO) commissioned RAND Europe to conduct this review to identify and synthesize international research about the effectiveness of community orders in reducing re-offending. In this report, we review research on ten of the common requirements contained in community orders. Through examining reviews, systematic…

Cited controversy in the literature to illustrate that the failure to replicate research findings and develop successful rehabilitation programs for juvenile offenders is due to methodological imprecision. Discussed this in light of recent "right to treatment" legislation and proposed a model for specifying the characteristics of the…

Objective: This study describes the development of an engagement scale for use with youth in residential treatment centers. Engagement includes attitude about treatment, bond with providers, and participation in treatment activities. Method: Interview data were collected at the midpoint in residence of 130 youth in two centers. Items were selected…

This is an account of a trip to the Mojave Desert sponsored by the California Youth Authority's Community Parole Center for wards who are selected on the basis of their potential for growth and their ability to make a connection between what they do in the wilderness and what they do on the streets. (PD)

A research survey of court records of female juvenile delinquents, including types of offenses, family characteristics, places of residence, and disposition of cases. Differential treatment of delinquent girls and boys is examined. (DP)

This article describes the philosophy and activities of Sugar Ray's Youth Foundation, which provides positive alternatives for juvenile delinquents. (PD)

An address given July 12, 1971 to the National Council of Juvenile Court Judges. (Author)

This article sets forth a model for institutional treatment of juvenile offenders that is community based, involves the delinquent in his own fate, increases his self respect, and allows him to experience positive human relations. Presented at University of Utah, March 1969. (Author)

Discusses the improvement in the ability to predict chronic offenders and in programs designed to respond to the problems that chronic offenders have with their families, school, and peers. (JOW)

Examines the deterrent effects of imposing juvenile versus adult status on youth offenders. Sugqests that, because the adult law enforcement system may be reluctant to handle younger delinquents as harshly as older youth, adult status can serve as a deterrent to juvenile crime only for youth aged 17 or older. (Author/MJL)

In this article, the author recalls many acts of school violence. He states that while the dramatic school killings at Colorado's Columbine High School in 1999 and at Minnesota's Red Lake Reservation in 2005 were tragic, the most horrific school violence in history, measured by loss of life, occurred nearly a half century ago at Our Lady of the…

In the wake of a U.S. Justice Department investigation that found widespread use of excessive force by staff at upstate psychiatric care facilities for mentally ill children, this new edition of Child Welfare Watch identifies shortcomings in mental health services and explores possible solutions, including the expansion of alternatives to…