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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. …
Policy Oscillation In California's Law Of Premises Liability, Ronald L. Steiner
Policy Oscillation In California's Law Of Premises Liability, Ronald L. Steiner
Ronald L. Steiner
The expansion of tort liability beginning in the middle of the 20th century, and the reaction against that expansion as the century came to a close, constitutes a clear demonstration of the nostrum that tort law is “public law in disguise.” Adjudication of private disputes became a battleground of public policy preferences as to how risks and compensation should be distributed so as to serve societal interests such as fairness, efficiency, and personal autonomy. This article studies examines in detail a critical battleground in a key state, the revolution and counter-revolution in premises liability in California, as a paradigm case. …