Comprehensive Review of Community-Based Approaches for the Treatment of Juvenile Offenders (From Delinquent Violent Youth: Theory and Interventions, P 205-229, 1998, Thomas P. Gullotta, Gerald R. Adams, et al., eds. - See NCJ-169040)

• NCJ Number: 169048
• Author(s): C A Stanton; A L Meyer
• Date Published: 1998
• Length: 25 pages
• Sale Source: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This chapter surveys the literature to identify effective community-based approaches for treating juvenile offenders.

Abstract

The chapter describes the desired outcomes of adolescence and discusses ecological perspectives on adolescent development. It also reviews the history of treatment for juvenile offenders in the United States; examines the effectiveness of community-based treatment approaches for juvenile offenders; and summarizes those elements common to effective community-based programs to provide suggestions for the development, implementation and evaluation of these interventions. The empirical information presented in this chapter supports the claim that community-based strategies to treat juvenile offenders make the most sense. It is vital that, in addition to treating the adolescent offender, society provide education, counseling, and support to the various systems (family, school, peers) that affect the adolescent. Treatment of juvenile offenders should move away from punishment and concentrate on comprehensive social programs that seek to build communities that support the adaptive and prosocial development of all children. References