Reviewing Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Programs
Crime Causation and Diversion Reviewing Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Programs
This paper studies programs that help prevent criminal activities among students. Three programs with different ratings are discussed: Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention of College Students (BASICS) program, which was rated effective, the Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program, which was rated promising, and the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE), which was found to have no effect. The methods by which these programs reduce juvenile crimes are focused. The objectives and the goals of the programs are discussed along with the aid they provide to the youth. This information is ...
