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Juvenile Transfer Laws: An Effective Deterrent To Delinquency?, Richard Redding
Juvenile Transfer Laws: An Effective Deterrent To Delinquency?, Richard Redding
Richard E. Redding
Provides an overview of research on the deterrent effects of transferring youth from juvenile to criminal courts, focusing on large-scale comprehensive OJJDP-funded studies on the effect of transfer laws on recidivism. The Bulletin reviews all of the extant research on the general and specific deterrent effects of transferring juveniles to adult criminal court.
Training The Parents Of Juvenile Offenders: State Of The Art And Recommendations For Service Delivery, Richard Redding
Training The Parents Of Juvenile Offenders: State Of The Art And Recommendations For Service Delivery, Richard Redding
Richard E. Redding
Parent training is consistently highlighted as one of the most effective means of preventing delinquency and treating young children with conduct problems, and it has proven to be one of the most cost-effective interventions for doing so. There is, however, far less evidence supporting the efficacy of parent-training programs with adolescents and juvenile offenders. Nonetheless, it still seems to be one of the more promising methods for treating the behavior problems of adolescent delinquents, especially when used in conjunction with other carefully selected program components. We begin with an overview of parent training, highlighting the key components of successful programs. …