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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chamberlain, Patricia, author.

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.

Juvenile Delinquency--rehabilitation.

Foster Home Care.

Medical Subjects:

Juvenile Delinquency--rehabilitation.

United States.

Foster Home Care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

APA PsycBOOKS.

Place of Publication:

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

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

This book presents several promising methods for treating chronic juvenile offenders that have proved to be effective in reducing juvenile crime. The book features the Oregon Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) program, which has emerged as an intervention model for chronic juvenile offenders who are already placed out of the home, typically incarcerated or in residential treatment facilities. 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. She also describes variations of MTFC for specific populations such as girls and young children with behavioral disorders. Throughout the book, the author draws from the rich history of research on the development and treatment of antisocial behavior in children and adolescents, which has paved the way for the articulation of intervention models aimed at working with some of society's most troublesome youngsters.

This book is intended for clinicians, community program administrators, researchers, policymakers, judges, and attorneys. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)

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.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2003 dcunns.

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