Criminal offense charges in women: A 10-year follow-up of an RCT of treatment foster care Oregon.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The prevention of delinquency can have long-term benefits for both the individual and society. Previous work has demonstrated positive effects of Treatment Foster Care Oregon (TFCO) on reducing delinquency across a 2-year period for adolescent females involved in the juvenile justice system. The present study examined whether the effects of TFCO are present across a 10-year period, and whether criminal offenses accrued in the juvenile justice system mediate the association between intervention condition and cumulative criminal offenses through emerging adulthood.

Method

The sample included 166 women (68% non-Hispanic White) who had been court mandated to out-of-home care as adolescents, randomly assigned to one of two interventions, and followed for an average of 1

SUBMITTER: Leve LD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9892281 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature