Thinking, Fast and Slow? Some Field Experiments to Reduce Crime …

Oct 10, 2016 · Abstract. We present the results of three large-scale randomized controlled trials (RCTs) carried out in Chicago, testing interventions to reduce crime and dropout by changing the decision making of economically disadvantaged youth. We study a program called Becoming a …

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Apr 28, 2016 · The authors estimate the costs per participant were between $1,178 to $2,000 for the “Becoming a Man” program and approximately $60 per juvenile in the detention center …

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Does exposing juveniles to a no-treatment program increase criminality?

Despite the variability in the type of intervention used, ranging from harsh, confrontational interactions to tours of the facility converge on the same result: an increase in criminality in the experimental group when compared to a no-treatment control. Doing nothing would have been better than exposing juveniles to the program. ...

Does a juvenile delinquent program affect crime measures?

All available data seem to indicate a slightly negative impact for the program on crime measures. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the effects of programs comprising organized visits to prisons by juvenile delinquents (officially adjudicated or convicted by a juvenile court) or p... ...

Do juvenile awareness programs reduce recidivism?

Empirically speaking it is unclear whether juvenile awareness programs help to reduce recidivism or prevent criminal behavior. The purpose of this article is to use an evidence-based approach to determine if there is sufficient empirical evidence to suggest that these programs are effective crime prevention tools. ...

Are delinquent youth in contact with the juvenile justice system?

Most of the studies dealt with delinquent youths already in contact with the juvenile justice system. All of the experiments were simple two-group experiments except Vreeland's evaluation of the Texas Face-to-Face program (Vreeland 1981). ...

Did juvenile delinquents participate in a rap session with inmates?

Juveniles were locked in a cell 15 at a time and told about the daily routine by a guard. They then participated in a two hour confrontational rap session with inmates. Juvenile delinquents from three court service units in Virginia participated in the study. ...

Does intervention increase crime or delinquency outcomes?

Because there is some disagreement in the literature about this, we assume both random and fixed effects models for treatment effects across the studies. The analysis of the data in comparison table 1 from the seven studies reporting reoffending rates shows that intervention increases the crime or delinquency outcomes at the first follow-up period. ...