Treating chronic juvenile offenders : advances made through the Oregon multidimensional treatment foster care model /

This book presents several promising methods for treating chronic juvenile offenders that have proved to be effective in reducing juvenile crime. The book features the Oregon Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) program, which has emerged as an intervention model for chronic juvenile offend...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chamberlain, Patricia
Corporate Author:	American Psychological Association
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, [2003]
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Law and public policy.
Subjects:	Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care Program. Juvenile delinquents > Rehabilitation > United States. Foster home care > United States. Juvenile recidivists > United States. Juvenile Delinquency > rehabilitation > United States. Foster Home Care > United States. Foster home care. Juvenile delinquents > Rehabilitation. Juvenile recidivists. United States. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The development of antisocial behavior
How is theory related to intervention?
Evidence for positive effects and barriers to successful treatment
An overview of the history and development of the multidimensional treatment foster care model and the supporting research
Multidimensional treatment foster care program components and principles of practice
Mediators of treatment outcome
Antisocial behavior and delinquency in girls
An application of the multidimensional treatment foster care for early intervention
Some challenges of implementing science-based interventions in the "real world."