TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Helping juvenile offenders on their own "turf": tracking the recidivism outcomes of a home-based paraprofessional intervention
JO  - Journal of juvenile justice
A1  - Hess, Jacob Z.
A1  - Arner, Wayne
A1  - Sykes, Elliot
A1  - Price, Andrew G.
SP  - 12
EP  - 24
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
N2  - As a problem that leads to many burdens on families and communities, juvenile delinquency has prompted much attention and many types of interventions over the years. Despite great efforts and noted progress in helping some adjudicated offenders, recidivism continues to be a substantial problem for others. As budgets continue to tighten, finding ways of addressing juvenile delinquency more effectively, and reducing recidivism in particular, has become even more important.Realizing this, the Utah Juvenile Court recently conducted a study of all its contracted programs aimed at reducing recidivism. Among the program effects observed, in-home interventions using paraprofessional workers showed striking and unique results. This article reviews these evaluation findings and considers several reasons why an in-home approach may be especially effective for reducing recidivism.  Keywords: juvenile justice,  recidivism, in-home intervention, families, education, risk factor assessment<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2153-8026
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -