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Direct linkMcMackin, Robert A.; Tansi, Robert; Lafratta, Joseph – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2004
This paper examines the recidivism data for juvenile offenders discharged from a Massachusetts residential treatment center between 1976 and 1995. The criminal histories, juvenile and adult, of 162 delinquent youth referred through the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services who left the program were reviewed. Recidivism was defined as any…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Delinquency, Cost Effectiveness, Residential Care
