Citation

McCord J. Aust. N. Zeal. J. Criminol. 2002; 35(2): 230-237.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1375/acri.35.2.230

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

By describing evaluations demonstrating that carefully planned and executed interventions can have harmful effects, the author argues that programs to prevent crime should be tested for safety as well as efficacy. Although client reports of benefits and improvements over predicted outcomes would have suggested benefits from intervention, randomly assigned matched cases used in one such comparison showed that an intervention lasting more than five years increased the likelihood of serious crime, alcoholism, early death, and mental illness.

Language: en