Alternative Treatments for Troubled Youth The Case of Diversion from
The purpose of this volume is to present the whole story of our research program on alternative interventions with delinquent youth. It is our goal to describe the development of an alternative intervention model, to examine its salient processes, to prov
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ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS FOR TROUBLED YOUTH THE CASE OF DIVERSION FROM THE JUSTICE SYSTEM WILLIAM S. DAVIDSON II AND ROBIN REDNER
Michigan Siale Ulliversity Easl Lansing, Miclll~~all
RICHARD
L. AMDUR
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigall
AND
CHRISTINA M. MITCHELL
New York Univer5i~1 New York, New York
SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA,
LLC
Llbrary of Congress Cataloglng-in-Publlcatlon Data
Alternative treatments for troubled youth the case of d,vers,on from the Justice system I Wlliiam S. Davidson ... [et al.l. p. cm. Includes blbliographical references. ISBN 978-1-4757-9144-0 ISBN 978-1-4757-9142-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4757-9142-6 1. Juveni le del inquents--Rehabi 1 itation--United States. 2. Juvenile corrections--Unlted States. 3. Social work wlth I. Davldson, William S. Juvenile delinquents--United States. (William Sumner), 1947HV9104.A77 1990 89-71154 3S4,3'S'0973--dc20 CIP
© 1990 Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Plenum Press, New York in 1990 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1990 Ali rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retricval systcm, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher
This book is dedicated to the memory of Michael James Robinson II
PREFACE
The purpose of this volume is to present the whole story of our research program on alternative interventions with delinquent youth. It is our goal to describe the development of an alternative intervention model, to examine its salient processes, to provide a test of its relative effectiveness, and to give a description of its systemic impacts. The process described was based on the notion that improvement in our approaches to troubled youth lies in a systematic examination of the efficacy of innovative models. As the reader is probably aware, the history of interventions with troubled youth is more a record of failure than success. Thus, the search for alternatives is extremely critical. The book proceeds as a detailed research monograph. The first four chapters describe the historical and theoretical antecedents of the development of the research program. Chapters 5 through 11 describe research on the efficacy of alternative intervention approaches for delinquent youth, research on the impact on nonprofessional change agents, an attempt to integrate contemporary theoretical propositions about delinquency causation and the effects observed, and research examining the systemic consequences of providing innovative interventions to delinquent youth. The final chapter integrates the findings with contemporary work and provides suggestions for future work. The number of people responsible for a research project of this complexity is large. The project described here spanned nearly a decade, involved over 400 youths and their families, and included nearly 100 staff members. Some particular contributions are important. The cooperation and parti
