Empirically Based Strategies for Preventing Juvenile Delinquency.
Juvenile crime is a serious public health problem that results in significant emotional and financial costs for victims and society. Using etiologic models as a guide, multiple interventions have been developed to target risk factors thought to perpetuate the emergence and persistence of delinquent behavior. Evidence suggests that the most effective interventions tend to have well defined treatment protocols, focus on therapeutic approaches as opposed to external control techniques, and use multimodal cognitive behavioral treatment strategies. Moving forward, there is a need to develop effective policies and procedures that promote the widespread adoption of evidence based delinquency prevention practices across multiple settings.
Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America