BUDDY SYSTEM - EFFECT OF COMMUNITY INTERVENTION ON JUVENILE OFFENSES

• NCJ Number: 29486
• Author(s): W S O FO; C R O'DONNELL
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 4 pages
• Corporate Author: Academic Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE BUDDY SYSTEM IS A COMMUNITY-BASED DELINQUENCY TREATMENT PROGRAM IN WHICH INDIGENOUS NONPROFESSIONALS ARE EMPLOYED AS AGENTS OF BEHAVIORAL CHANGE; RECIDIVISM RATES ARE COMPARED BETWEEN TREATMENT AND CONTROL GROUPS.

Abstract

FOR YOUNGSTERS WHO HAD COMMITTED MAJOR OFFENSES IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, PROGRAM PARTICIPATION SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THE NUMBER OF SUCH YOUTHS COMMITTING MAJOR OFFENSES DURING THE PROJECT YEAR. FOR YOUNGSTERS WITH NO RECORDS OF MAJOR OFFENSES IN THE PRECEDING YEAR, RELIABLY MORE EXPERIMENTAL YOUTHS COMMITTED MAJOR OFFENSES IN THE PROJECT YEAR THAN CONTROL YOUTHS. THUS, THOSE INDIVIDUALS FOR WHOM THE PROGRAM WAS EFFECTIVE WERE IDENTIFIED AND SEPARATED FROM THOSE FOR WHOM IT MAY BE COUNTER-EFFECTIVE.