Abstract
There are now several well-defined and empirically supported interventions that are effective at reducing severe conduct problems and delinquent behavior in youth. However, these programs tend to produce modest behavioral gains, and many youth continue to show significant antisocial behavior at the end of treatment. If interventions can be better tailored to the unique characteristics of children based on the developmental mechanisms underlying their conduct problems, more pronounced and sustained treatment effects are likely to be achieved. Efforts are currently underway to modify existing treatments to target the unique causal factors underlying the behavior problems of subgroups of antisocial youth. These ongoing innovations coupled with recent efforts to integrate multitiered evidence-based practices into real-world settings hold great promise for reducing the prevalence of severe and persistent delinquent behavior among youth.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 257-268 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1 2016 |
Keywords
- Crime
- Intervention
- Juvenile delinquency
- Prevention
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Psychiatry and Mental health