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      Intervention Strategies for Chronic Juvenile Offenders: Some New Perspectives

      This study, written by a distinguished group of criminologists, legal experts, and social scientists, attempts to determine the reasons for the decline in interest in rehabilitation, what can be done…

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      Three Strikes and You’re Out: Estimated Benefits and Costs of California’s New Mandatory-Sentencing Law

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      The authors report on the benefits and costs of California’s new mandatory-sentencing law, which provides for progressively longer sentences with an increasing number of prior convictions for serious felonies.

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      Changing Lives: Delinquency Prevention as Crime-control Policy

      Peter W. Greenwood

      Historically, it has been difficult to measure the impact of policies and programs designed to address juvenile crime. The most commonly used strategies for combating juvenile delinquency have primarily relied…

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      Substance Abuse Problems and Programs in Newark: A Needs Assessment for Newark’s Fighting Back Initiative

      Patricia A. Ebener,Peter W Greenwood,Jeffrey Fagan

      This report describes the nature and extent of substance abuse problems in Newark, their effects on the community, and the programs and resources currently addressing them. This report does not…

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      Chronic Juvenile Offenders: Final Results from the Skillman Aftercare Experiment

      Peter W Greenwood,Elizabeth Piper Deschenes,John Adams

      A classical experimental design was used to determine whether delinquents assigned to an experimental intensive aftercare program implemented in two sites had lower relapse and recidivism rates and a better…

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      Investing in Our Children: What We Know and Don’t Know About the Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions

      Lynn A. Karoly,Peter W Greenwood,Susan S. Everingham,Jill Hoube,M.Rebecca Kilburn

      The authors find that well-targeted early intervention programs for at-risk children, such as nurse home visits to first-time mothers and high-quality preschool education, can yield substantial advantages to participants in…

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