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EVALUATION OF THE PAINT CREEK YOUTH CENTER: A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR SERIOUS DELINQUENTS *
Author(s) -
GREENWOOD PETER W.,
RAND SUSAN TURNER
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1993.tb01130.x
Subject(s) - juvenile delinquency , intervention (counseling) , psychology , medical education , applied psychology , control (management) , center (category theory) , clinical psychology , medicine , developmental psychology , psychiatry , computer science , artificial intelligence , chemistry , crystallography
A classic experimental design was used to determine whether youths assigned to a small experimental program, designed to offer a comprehensive and highly structured array of intervention services and activities, actually received significantly different treatment, and performed better, than control youths assigned to traditional training schools. Interviews with staff and youths suggest that the experimental program did deliver significantly more treatment services. One‐year follow‐up data showed no significant differences in arrests or self‐reported delinquency between experimental and control groups, although those who completed the experimental program performed significantly better than those who were removed for disciplinary reasons.