Using Civil Representation to Reduce Delinquency among Troubled Youth

Stefan Norrbin, David W. Rasmussen and Damian M. Von-Frank

Evaluation Review, 2004, vol. 28, issue 3, 201-217

Abstract: Team Child is designed to provide civil legal representation for very troubled delinquent youth to improve their access to needed education programs, mental health services, and family services. Better provision of these services is intended to reduce delinquency and potentially avoid the long-term incarceration of these youth. This article uses an incidental truncation model to evaluate two Team Child programs in Florida. The authors find the programs not to be effective in reducing recidivism among the youth but to be effective in reducing the arrest rate of the recidivating juveniles. The results indicate a reduction of 11% to 23% of arrests after treatment for the Team Child group.

Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1177/0193841X03262587

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