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dc.contributor.authorStickle, WP
dc.contributor.authorConnell, NM
dc.contributor.authorWilson, DM
dc.contributor.authorGottfredson, D
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-25T04:43:26Z
dc.date.available2019-10-25T04:43:26Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.issn1573-3750
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11292-008-9050-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/388694
dc.description.abstractTeen Court (TC) is a juvenile diversion program designed to prevent the formal processing of first-time juvenile offenders within the juvenile justice system. TC instead utilizes informal processing and sanctions in order to prevent future offending. Despite its widespread popularity throughout the United States of America, little rigorous research has been conducted on the effectiveness of the TC model for reducing recidivism. Using an experimental design, this study examined the effectiveness of TC in reducing recidivism and improving the attitudes and opinions of juvenile offenders in comparison with a control group of youth who were formally processed. Self-reported delinquency was higher for those youth who participated in TC. TC youth were also found to have significantly lower scores on a scale of belief in conventional rules than had youth who were processed in the Department of Juveniles Services. Implications of these findings are discussed. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom137
dc.relation.ispartofpageto163
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Experimental Criminology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume4
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.titleAn experimental evaluation of teen courts
dc.typeJournal article
dcterms.bibliographicCitationStickle, WP; Connell, NM; Wilson, DM; Gottfredson, D, An experimental evaluation of teen courts, Journal of Experimental Criminology, 2008, 4 (2), pp. 137-163
dc.date.updated2019-10-24T04:37:25Z
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gro.griffith.authorConnell, Nadine M.


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