Diverting Children from a Life of Crime. Measuring Costs and Benefits.

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Greenwood, Peter W.|Model, Karyn E.|Chiesa, James|Rydell, C. Peter

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This report assesses the cost effectiveness of several crime prevention strategies that involve early intervention in the lives of people at risk of pursuing a criminal career. Four different approaches are examined: (1) home visits by child care professionals beginning before birth and extending through the first 2 years of life, followed by 4 years of day care; (2) training for parents and therapies for families with very young school-age children who have shown aggressive behavior or begun to act out in school; (3) 4 years of cash and other incentives to induce disadvantaged high school students to graduate; and (4) monitoring and supervising high-school-age youth who have already exhibited delinquent behavior. The efficacy of these pilot programs is estimated, figuring penalties in effectiveness for scale-up and decay. Larger penalties are calculated for the two earlier interventions, which have been less tested and which also have more opportunity for decay before children

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Correctional Institutions Cost Effectiveness Disadvantaged Youth Early Intervention High Risk Students High School Students High Schools Incentives Parent Education Pilot Projects