Chapter 11
Prevention of Delinquency
Delinquency Control (Repression)
and Prevention
Prevention and Control Activities
Delinquency Prevention in History
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Chicago Area Project
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designed production of social changes in high delinquency neighborhoods
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Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study
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Experimental and Control groups, with regular, friendly attention from counselors for the experimental group
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Detached Street Workers
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Designed to reach out to youths who were unlikely to use community centers
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Public Health Approach to
Delinquency Prevention
Developmental Prevention
of Delinquency
Early Prevention of Delinquency
Improving Parenting Skills
Day Care Programs
School-Based Delinquency Prevention Programs that Work
Prevention of Delinquency in the Teenage Years
Violence Prevention Curriculum for Adolescents
Boys and Girls Clubs
Job Corps
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Largest and most well-known job training program in the U.S.
Federally funded for disadvantaged, unemployed youths
Program evaluation found:
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Participant arrest rate significantly lower than non-participants
Higher employment rates for participants
Greater earnings for participants
For every $1 spent on the program, $1.45 was saved in other government, taxpayer, victims costs
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SafeFutures Initiative
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Targeted at youths who are both high risk for delinquency and adjudicated offenders in 9 program areas
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After-school programs
Juvenile mentoring programs
Family strengthening and support services
Mental health services
General delinquency prevention programs
Comprehensive community-wide approaches to gang-free schools
Community-based day treatment programs
Continuum-of-care services
Serious, violent and chronic juvenile offender programs
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Obstacles Facing Delinquency Prevention Programs
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