Computer-Tailored Intervention for Juvenile Offenders

• NCJ Number: 241995
• Journal: Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions Volume: 12 Issue: 4 Dated: October - December 2012 Pages: 391-411
• Author(s): Deborah A. Levesque, Ph.D.; Janet L. Johnson, Ph.D.; Carol A. Welch, B.A.; Janice M. Prochaska, Ph.D.; Anne C. Fernandez, M.A.
• Date Published: December 2012
• Length: 21 pages
• Grant Number(s): R43DA024900; R44DA024900
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article discusses a computer-tailored intervention for juvenile offenders.

Abstract

Studies assessing the efficacy of juvenile justice interventions show small effects on recidivism and other outcomes. This article describes the development of a prototype of a multimedia computer-tailored intervention (Rise Above Your Situation) that relies on an evidence-based model of behavior change, the transtheoretical model, and expert system technology to deliver assessments, feedback, printed reports, and counselor reports with intervention ideas. In a feasibility test involving 60 system-involved youths and their counselors, evaluations of the program were favorable: 91.7 percent of youths agreed that the program could help them make positive changes, and 86.7 percent agreed that the program could give their counselor helpful information about them. Abstract published by arrangement with Taylor and Francis.