@article{ref1,
title="Treatment efficacy and program evaluation with juvenile sexual abusers: a critique with directions for service delivery and research",
journal="Child maltreatment",
year="1998",
author="Brown, Elissa J. and Kolko, David J.",
volume="3",
number="4",
pages="362-373",
abstract="The actions of juveniles who sexually abuse other children and youth (JSAs) result in significant social and economic costs. Nevertheless, a brief empirical review of studies designed to evaluate the efficacy of treatment for JSAs reveals limited knowledge about this population. Similar conclusions are drawn from a review of effectiveness studies of service delivery in the community in which most of the treatment is conducted. Bringing together treatment-outcome and services research approaches, the authors discuss a number of issues warranting further discussion and investigation. Information is needed regarding the appropriate setting, components, and methods for evaluation of the treatment programs. We then describe a clinical research program initiated in Pittsburgh that will examine service delivery for JSAs and evaluate treatment outcome in a comparison study of treatment provided by the juvenile court with and without adjunct mental health, community-based services. Recommendations for practice, service delivery, and research are presented.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-5595",
doi="10.1177/1077559598003004008",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559598003004008"
}