OBJECTIVE: Research to establish an evidence-base for the treatment of conduct problems
and delinquency in adolescence is well established; however, an evidence-base for …

Research summary Restorative justice (RJ) in practice has taken on many different forms. It
is argued that RJ does not have definitional boundaries, making it hard to limit its essence to …

The objective of this Campbell systematic review is to answer the question: Does juvenile
system processing reduce subsequent delinquency? The comprehensive search yielded 29 …

Background There is a lack of knowledge about specific effective ingredients of prevention
programs for youth at risk for persistent delinquent behavior. The present study combines …

The discourse regarding offender rehabilitation has been criticized by various scholars who
have claimed that reducing negative causes and managing risk will not automatically prompt …

Longitudinal and experimental studies in criminology have advanced substantially since
publication of my Crime and Justice reviews of longitudinal studies (in 1979) and …

Juvenile delinquency has been on the decline for a number of years, yet, juvenile courts
continue to assess more than 1 million cases per year. Involvement with the juvenile justice …

This article examines the effectiveness of diversionary restorative justice (RJ) conferences
through the eyes of juvenile offenders. In Australia, Reintegrative Shaming Experiments …

This study evaluated the efficacy of School-Based Teen Courts (SBTCs) using a rigorous
experimental trial with 24 middle-and high-schools randomly selected to receive SBTCs (n …

Teen Court is an alternative to the juvenile justice system that seeks to reintegrate first-time,
adolescent offenders into society through sanctions administered by a peer jury. Few studies …