Family-based reintegration : effective interventions for juveniles on parole / Marcy K. Rowland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rowland, Marcy K., 1979-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenile delinquents--United States.

Juvenile delinquents.

Parole--United States.

Parole.

Families--United States.

Families.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso [Tex.] : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 2002, a family-based approach to parole (Functional Family Parole), was implemented across the state of Washington. Rowland compares the behavioral and family functioning outcomes of youth who received the intervention with a matched control group of youth who received traditional parole. She finds that, without consideration of model adherence, the FFP and control groups did not differ in overall recidivism. However, when implemented with high model adherence, FFP achieved a 14.6% reduction in felony recidivism compared to traditional parole. As adherence to the FFP model increases, there

Contents:

Introduction

Juveniles in the justice system

Evaluating the effectiveness of a family-based intervention

Results

Implications for public policy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781593325480

1593325487

OCLC:

732955779