The Role of Planned Interventions in Studying the Desistance of Criminal Behavior in a Longitudinal Study,

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe the reasons for including experimental interventions in longitudinal studies of the desistance of criminal behavior, the potential benefits that such combined longitudinal/intervention studies might produce, the problems that are likely to be confronted in conducting such studies, and some specific intervention strategies that have shown promise in previous studies and are appropriate for including in a Desistance Cohort design. Since many criminal justice researchers appear to stell subscribe to the Martinson/NAS Rehabilitation Panel view that 'there is no evidence that anything works,' the paper begins with a brief review of the more recent evidence suggesting that, under certain conditions, some interventions do appear to work, with certain types of offenders.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA228266

Entities

People

  • Peter W. Greenwood

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Adolescents
  • Basic Training
  • California
  • Computer Programming
  • Crime
  • Criminal Justice System
  • Criminals
  • Families (Human)
  • Human Behavior
  • New York
  • Psychological Adaptation
  • Psychology
  • Psychotherapy
  • Rehabilitation
  • Social Psychology
  • Training

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  • Psychology

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