Intervening with Serious juvenile Offenders: A Summary of a Study on Community-Based Programs. In: R. A. Mathias, P. DeMuro, and R.S. Allinson (eds.), Violent juvenile Offenders, An Anthology. New York: National Council on Crime and Delinquency. This chapter describes 11 delinquency prevention programs which served delinquents with non-violent but persistent patterns of delinquency.