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Citation |
Caldwell MF, Van Rybroek GJ. Int. J. Law Psychiatry 2005; 28(6): 622-636. |
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Affiliation |
Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center, 301 Troy Drive, Madison, WI 53704, United States. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2005, Elsevier Publishing) |
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16112731 |
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Abstract |
This study reports on the reduction in violent offending in a population of serious and violent juvenile offenders following an intensive institutional treatment program. The treatment group (N=101) is compared to a similar group that was assessed but not treated (N=147). All youth were sent to the program from a juvenile corrections institution where they had received the customary rehabilitation services. The results show a significant reduction in the prevalence of recidivism in the treated group after controlling for time at risk in the community and other covariates. The effects of non-random group assignment were reduced by including a propensity score analysis procedure in the outcome analysis. Untreated comparison youth appeared to be about twice as likely to commit violent offenses as were treated youth (44% vs. 23%). Similarly, treated youth had significantly lower hazard ratios for recidivism in the in the community than the comparison youth, even after accounting for the effects of non-random group assignment. |