Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2016

Keywords

brief intervention for truant youth, truant youth delinquency-crime

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2015.1103344

Abstract

The issue of delinquency among truant youths is insufficiently documented in the literature. There is a need to elucidate this issue, and assess the efficacy of interventions to reduce this problem behavior. The present National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded study addressed this gap by examining the impact of a Brief Intervention (BI), originally designed to address youth substance use, on their delinquent behavior over an 18-month follow-up period (for self-reported delinquency) and a 24-month follow-up period (for official record delinquency). A number of significant BI intervention effects with sizable effect sizes were found, as well as a number of marginally significant BI effects. In particular, significant reductions in arrest charges at 24-month follow-up for youths receiving BI services compared to controls were among the key findings of this study. Service delivery implications and directions for future analyses are discussed.

Was this content written or created while at USF?

Yes

Citation / Publisher Attribution

Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, v. 25, issue 5, p. 458-479

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse on 12 May 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2015.1103344.

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