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Evidence for Interventions for Young Offenders
Author(s) -
Karnik Niranjan S.,
Steiner Hans
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
child and adolescent mental health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1475-3588
pISSN - 1475-357X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2007.00460.x
Subject(s) - juvenile delinquency , psychological intervention , aggression , pace , psychology , psychiatry , medicine , clinical psychology , geodesy , geography
Young offenders are an issue of global concern. Despite a greater understanding of the aetiology of conduct disorder and juvenile delinquency, the research on treatments and the use of evidence‐based methods of interventions has not kept pace. This review critically and selectively examined interventions for young offenders, and organises them based on levels of care. The challenge is to intervene using empirical strategies that are implemented based on our emerging understanding of aggression.