Treating chronic juvenile offenders : advances made through the Oregon multidimensional treatment foster care model / Patricia Chamberlain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chamberlain, Patricia.

Series:

Law and public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care Program.

Juvenile delinquents--Rehabilitation--United States.

Juvenile delinquents.

Juvenile delinquents--Rehabilitation.

Juvenile recidivists.

United States.

Foster home care--United States.

Foster home care.

Juvenile recidivists--United States.

Physical Description:

xvi, 186 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, [2003]

Summary:

Patricia Chamberlain presents several promising methods proven to be effective in reducing juvenile crime. The author presents and discusses factors that are known to influence the onset and escalation of antisocial behavior along with their implications for the design and implementation of community-based programs.

Contents:

The development of antisocial behavior

How is theory related to interventions that are used and practiced?

Theory of interventions, evidence for positive effects and barriers to successful treatment

An overview of the history and development of the multidimensional treatment foster care model and the supporting research

Multidimensional treatment foster care program components and principles of practice

Mediators of treatment outcome

Antisocial behavior and delinquency in girls

An application of the multidimensional treatment foster care for early intervention

The harsh realities of dissemination: some challenges of taking science-based interventions "to scale".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-173) and index.

ISBN:

1557989966

OCLC:

51566391