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JACK TIZARD MEMORIAL LECTURE DELINQUENCY, ENVIRONMENT AND INTERVENTION
Author(s) -
Clarke R. V. G.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1985.tb01639.x
Subject(s) - juvenile delinquency , situational ethics , psychology , intervention (counseling) , criminology , crime prevention , developmental psychology , social psychology , psychiatry
Twenty years of Home Office research into delinquency prevention support Jack Tizard's belief that greater improvements in performance and behaviour are likely to attend efforts to change environments rather than inner dispositions. Situational measures which reduce opportunities for crime seem more effective than attempts to reform delinquents. Moreover, given that most delinquents desist from crime in early adulthood, minimal interference in their lives may be the best policy. For those requiring institutional placement, humane care rather than reform should be the goal.