Family preservation using multisystemic treatment: Long-term follow-up to a clinical trial with serious juvenile offenders |
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Authors: | Scott W Henggeler PhD Gary B Melton PhD Linda A Smith BA Sonja K Schoenwald MA Jerome H Hanley PhD |
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Institution: | (1) Center on Children, Families, and the Law, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE;(2) Piedmont Center for Mental Health, Simpsonville, SC;(3) Division of Children, Adolescents, and their Families, South Carolina Department of Mental Health, Columbia, SC;(4) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Avenue, 29425 Charleston, SC |
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Abstract: | In a randomized clinical trial, multisystemic family preservation was shown to significantly reduce rates of criminal activity and incarceration in a sample of 84 serious juvenile offenders and their multi-need families. In the current study, archival records were searched for re-arrest an average of 2.4 years post-referral. Survival analysis showed that youths who received multisystemic family preservation were less likely to be re-arrested than were youths who had received usual services. Such results represent the first controlled demonstration that family preservation, when delivered via a clearly specified treatment model, has lasting effects with serious juvenile offenders. Implications for family preservation and juvenile justice research are discussed. |
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Keywords: | family preservation delinquency treatment family treatment home-based treatment juvenile justice |
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