pathways to desistance
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2014 Issue Brief: Aftercare Services are Key to Positive Community Adjustment
- Dec 8, 2014, Models for Change Resource Center Partnership
- SUMMARY
For young offenders who, for public safety reasons, cannot remain in the community, placement is still more than mere punishment. It is also an opportunity to provide services that address…
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2014 Issue Brief: Give Adolescents the Time and Skills to Mature, and Most Offenders Will Stop
- Dec 8, 2014, Models for Change Resource Center Partnership
- SUMMARY
Pathways to Desistance, a major, long-term study of serious juvenile offenders, has shown that:
Adolescents, including serious juvenile offenders, naturally mature—psychologically,…
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2014 Issue Brief: To Decrease Juvenile Offending, Make Effective Drug Treatment a Priority
- Dec 8, 2014, Models for Change Resource Center Partnership
- Substance use is prevalent among juvenile offenders, and predicts both continued offending and a less successful transition to adulthood. Yet many juvenile offenders with drug problems go untreated.…
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2014 Issue Brief: Programs that Promote Positive Development Can Help Young Offenders Grow Up and Out of Crime
- Dec 8, 2014, Models for Change Resource Center Partnership
- Serious juvenile offenders, like other young people, have the potential for growth and change. Multiple studies have shown that maturity and reduced offending are closely intertwined. The question…
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2014 Knowledge Brief: Perceptions and Outcomes in Adolescent Confinement
- Dec 8, 2014, Models for Change Resource Center Partnership
- 2014 Knowledge Brief: Perceptions and Outcomes in Adolescent Confinement
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2014 Issue Brief: To Monitor Changing Risks and Needs, Repeat Assessment of Young Offenders Over Time
- Dec 8, 2014, Models for Change Resource Center Partnership
- 2014 Issue Brief: To Monitor Changing Risks and Needs, Repeat Assessment of Young Offenders Over Time
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2014 Issue Brief: Smarter Use of Placement Can Improve Outcomes for Youth and Communities
- Dec 8, 2014, Models for Change Resource Center Partnership
- 2014 Issue Brief: Smarter Use of Placement Can Improve Outcomes for Youth and Communities