EVALUATION OF EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND INTENSIVE TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR PREDELINQUENTS (FROM CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, A READER, 1970 BY CARL A BERSANI, -SEE NCJ-06248)

• NCJ Number: 10233
• Journal: Social Problems Volume: 13 Issue: 2 Dated: (FALL 1965) Pages: 160-175
• Author(s): J TOBY
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 18 pages
• Corporate Author: Macmillan
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SHARPER DEFINITION OF THE IMPLICIT ASSUMPTIONS OF DELINQUENCY CONTROL PROGRAMS IS THAT PREDICTION CAN OFFER BETTER TREATMENT GUIDANCE.

Abstract

THE ASSUMPTIONS AND FINDINGS OF TWO EARLY PREDELINQUENT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAMS ARE BASED ON DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT CAUSATIVE PRINCIPLES. THE CAMBRIDGE-SOMERVILLE YOUTH STUDY EMPHASIZED THE EXTRAPOLATIVE APPROACH TO PREDICTION, IN WHICH QUASI-DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR DURING PRE-ADOLESCENCE IS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO ADOLESCENT DELINQUENCY. THE NEW YORK CITY YOUTH BOARD PREDICTION STUDY WAS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL VULNERABILITY, BY WHICH YOUNGSTERS EXPOSED TO CERTAIN SOCIOCULTURAL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME DELINQUENT. THE BASIC ISSUES IN THIS COMPARISON OF THE TWO PROGRAMS CONCERN THE ACCURACY OF PREDICTION, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CERTAIN TYPES OF INTENSIVE TREATMENT, AND THE POSSIBLE STIGMATIZING EFFECTS OF INTENSIVE TREATMENT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)