@article{ref1,
title="Reducing violence in serious juvenile offenders using intensive treatment",
journal="International journal of law and psychiatry",
year="2005",
author="Caldwell, Michael F. and Van Rybroek, Gregory J.",
volume="28",
number="6",
pages="622-636",
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.",
language="",
issn="0160-2527",
doi="10.1016/j.ijlp.2004.07.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2004.07.001"
}