Reforming Juvenile Delinquents-Reforming Juvenile Delinquents

Ashley Kendall, PhD, postdoctoral fellow in the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health led a study that examined ways to prevent juvenile delinquents from returning to the criminal justice system. She found that clinically aggressive juvenile offenders on probation, who participated in a two-week intervention program designed to reduce risky behavior, were four times less likely to be incarcerated in the following 12 months. She also discussed the variety of costs incurred by communities as a result of youth crime.