@article{ref1,
title="Project back-on-track at 1 year: a delinquency treatment program for early-career juvenile offenders",
journal="Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry",
year="2000",
author="Myers, Wade C. and Burton, Paul R. S. and Sanders, P. D. and Donat, K. M. and Cheney, J. and Fitzpatrick, T. M. and Monaco, L.",
volume="39",
number="9",
pages="1127-1134",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the effectiveness of Project Back-on-Track, an after-school diversion program that uses a multimodal approach for the treatment of early-career juvenile offenders. METHOD: Project Back-on-Track completers (30 of 41 enrollees; 73%), aged 9 to 17 years, 63% female, participated in a 4-week cycle of treatment consisting of group and family therapies, parent groups, educational sessions, community service projects, and empathy-building exercises. These youths attended the program 2 hours per day, 4 days a week, allowing for 32 hours of contact with the program per cycle; parents attended the program for 15 hours per cycle. Most youths were referred for violent offenses and met criteria for conduct disorder. RESULTS: Project Back-on-Track completers were significantly less likely than matched controls to have committed subsequent criminal offenses at 12 months. In addition, they had significantly fewer subsequent criminal charges at 9- and 12-month follow-up intervals than the control group. By decreasing the frequency of criminal recidivism, it is estimated that Project Back-on-Track resulted in savings to society of approximately $1,800 per youth enrolled after 1 year. CONCLUSION: At 1-year follow-up, findings suggest that treatment through Project Back-on-Track was effective in reducing criminal recidivism and costs in a population of early-career juvenile offenders.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0890-8567",
doi="10.1097/00004583-200009000-00012",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004583-200009000-00012"
}