Practitioner Review: Effective ingredients of prevention programs for youth at risk of persistent juvenile delinquency – recommendations for clinical practice

Vries, Sanne L. A. de; Hoeve, Machteld; Assink, Mark; Stams, Geert Jan; Asscher, Jessica J.

doi:10.1111/jcpp.12320

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“…Thus, it seems of the utmost importance that the national health system, schools, and child protection services become able to identify, assess, and/or intervene effectively with at-risk children in early stages of the development. This kind of preventive policy has proven to have positive effects on preventing persistent juvenile delinquency, namely when interventions are behavioral-oriented, delivered in a family or multimodal format, and when their intensity matches the level of risk presented by the juveniles [42]. Secondly, though most young offenders either placed in juvenile detention facilities or receiving community-based programs present disruptive disorders and/or antisocial personality disorder, results highlight a considerable variability in the psychiatric symptomatology of these youth.…”

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Mental health problems in male young offenders in custodial versus community based-programs: implications for juvenile justice interventions

Rijo

Brazão

Barroso

et al. 2016

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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BackgroundYoung offenders are known to be a population with high prevalence of mental health disorders. In most cases, these disorders are neither identified nor treated properly, with the majority of them being chronic and difficult to treat. In many countries, the prevalence rates of psychopathology in male young offenders are still unknown and no psychotherapeutic interventions are delivered. Therefore, the main goal of the present study was to assess mental health problems in Portuguese male young offenders placed in either custodial or community-based programs and discuss treatment implications within the juvenile justice interventions.MethodsParticipants in this study included 217 male young offenders aged between 14 and 20 years old that were randomly selected using a random number table. From the total sample, 122 (56.3 %) participants were placed in juvenile detention facilities, and 95 (43.7 %) were receiving community-based programs. Participants were interviewed with the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents, a structured interview that assesses DSM-IV Axis I Mental Disorders. Participants aged 18 years or older were also assessed with the antisocial personality disorder section from the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Personality Disorders.ResultsResults showed a high prevalence of mental health disorders, with a global prevalence of 91.2 % in the total sample. In both groups, global prevalence rates were equally high (93.4 % in youth in custodial versus 88.4 % in youth in community-based programs). Substance-related disorders were more prevalent in youth placed in juvenile facilities, whereas anxiety and mood disorders were more often found in the community-based group. Moreover, oppositional defiant disorder was more prevalent in youth from the community, whereas antisocial personality disorder and conduct disorder were less prevalent than expected in this same group. A high comorbidity rate was also found, with the majority of participants from both groups’ fulfilling criteria for two or more disorders. Additionally, participants with conduct disorder were over four times more likely to fulfill criteria for substance abuse.ConclusionsOur findings inform about specific needs concerning mental health intervention that should be taken into account when deciding and planning rehabilitation programs for male young offenders, either from custodial or community-based programs.

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confidence: 99%

Mental health problems in male young offenders in custodial versus community based-programs: implications for juvenile justice interventions

Rijo

Brazão

Barroso

et al. 2016

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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“…showed that the average case treated with family therapy fared better than 58–59 per cent of cases who engaged in treatment as usual or alternative treatments in terms of a range of outcomes including recidivism, antisocial behaviour, drug use, scholastic achievement, family functioning, and deviant peer group contact. These results are consistent with those of other systematic reviews and meta‐analyses of studies of systemic interventions for conduct problems (de Vries et al ., ; Dowden and Andrews, ; Latimer, ; Woolfenden et al ., ) and substance misuse (Austin et al ., ; Becker and Curry, ; Rowe, ; Vaughn and Howard, ; Waldron and Turner, ).…”

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Family therapy and systemic interventions for child‐focused problems: the current evidence base

Carr

2018

Journal of Family Therapy

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This review updates previous similar papers published in JFT in 2000, 2009 and 2014. It presents evidence from meta‐analyses, systematic literature reviews, narrative literature reviews and controlled trials for the effectiveness of systemic interventions for families of children and adolescents with common mental health problems and other difficulties. In this context, systemic interventions include both family therapy and other family‐based approaches such as parent training, or parent implemented behavioural programmes. The evidence supports the effectiveness of systemic interventions either alone or as part of multimodal programmes for sleep, feeding and attachment problems in infancy; recovery from child abuse and neglect; conduct problems, emotional problems, eating disorders, somatic problems, and first episode psychosis.

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“…Following De Vries et al. (), the following designations were used in coding the primary format of the included programs. The individual format ( n = 4, 14.8%, k = 6) included programs that delivered services directly to youth (i.e., youth individual counseling; individual mentoring; case management).…”

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“…While the juvenile legal system has traditionally focused its efforts on treating youth upon their entry into the system, more recently the system has shifted to a proactive and preventive approach (OJJDP, ). Research has shown that both prevention and selected/indicated programs for youth DBP result in positive, small to moderately sized effects (i.e., De Vries et al., ; Wilson & Lipsey, ). With regard to differential effects by treatment type, a meta‐analysis demonstrated support for programs that aim to change youth's individual cognitions and behaviors (ф = .12–.13; Lipsey, ), but the potential effect based on gender has not been examined.…”

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A Meta‐Analysis of Program Characteristics for Youth with Disruptive Behavior Problems: The Moderating Role of Program Format and Youth Gender

Granski

Javdani

Anderson

et al. 2019

American J of Comm Psychol

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There is high variability in efficacy for interventions for youth with disruptive behavior problems (DBP). Despite evidence of the unique correlates and critical consequences of girls’ DBP, there is a dearth of research examining treatment efficacy for girls. This meta‐analysis of 167 unique effect sizes from 29 studies (28,483 youth, 50% female; median age: 14) suggests that existing treatments have a medium positive effect on DBP (g = .33). For both boys and girls, the most effective interventions included (a) multimodal or group format, (b) cognitive skills or family systems interventions, and (c) length‐intensive programs for (d) younger children. Boys demonstrated significantly greater treatment gains from group format interventions compared to girls, which is particularly important given that the group program format was the most prevalent format for boys and girls, with 14 studies involving 10,433 youth encompassing this category. This is the first meta‐analysis to examine the effect of program characteristics in a sample of programs selected to be specifically inclusive of girls. Given that girls are underrepresented in intervention research on DBP, findings are discussed in terms of gender‐responsive considerations and elucidating how key aspects of program structure can support more effective intervention outcomes for youth.

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Practitioner Review: Effective ingredients of prevention programs for youth at risk of persistent juvenile delinquency – recommendations for clinical practice

Cited by 82 publications

References 94 publications

Mental health problems in male young offenders in custodial versus community based-programs: implications for juvenile justice interventions

Mental health problems in male young offenders in custodial versus community based-programs: implications for juvenile justice interventions

Family therapy and systemic interventions for child‐focused problems: the current evidence base

A Meta‐Analysis of Program Characteristics for Youth with Disruptive Behavior Problems: The Moderating Role of Program Format and Youth Gender

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