NCJ Number
114298
Journal
Criminal Justice and Behavior: An International Journal Volume: 15 Issue: 3 Dated: (September 1988) Pages: 379-393
Date Published
1988
Length
15 pages
Annotation
The authors first summarize briefly the results of a recent meta-analysis of community-based interventions for delinquents, pointing to the generally low-order results of such efforts.
Abstract
The characteristics of effective interventions are then noted. The bulk of the paper is a discussion of the theoretical basis, intervention strategy, and dissemination of an innovative and cognitively based community intervention -- sociomoral reasoning development. Particular attention is given to consideration of those factors -particularly organizational ones -- that facilitate the adoption of such interventions. (Author abstract)