Community-based and family-focused alternatives to incarceration: A quasi-experimental evaluation of interventions for delinquent youth

Stephanie Bontrager Ryon, Kristin Winokur Early and Anna E. Kosloski

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2017, vol. 51, issue C, 59-66

Abstract: Prior research documented the efficacy of family-centered interventions at reducing juvenile delinquency. Parenting with Love and Limits® (PLL), a community-based and family-focused approach to treating juvenile offenders was piloted in Florida as part of the Florida Redirection Project enacted by the state legislature to divert youth from residential facilities to community-based services.

Keywords: Juvenile justice community-based interventions; Family-focused services; Recidivism effectiveness; Parenting with Love and Limits®; Delinquency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.06.002

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