Diverting children from a life of crime : measuring costs and benefits / Peter W. Greenwood ... [et al.] ; prepared for the University of California, Berkeley, and the James Irvine Foundation.
Contributor(s): Greenwood, Peter W
| University of California, Berkeley | James Irvine Foundation | Criminal Justice Program (Rand Corporation).
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TextPublisher: Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, 1998General Notes: "RAND Criminal Justice."; Research that originated in an invitation to make a presentation at a seminar held Oakland, Calif., May 19, 1995; "MR-699-1-UCB/RC/IF"--P. [4] of cover; Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-69).Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 69 p.) : ill.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780585353302 .Subject(s): Crime prevention -- United States -- Evaluation | Juvenile delinquency -- United States -- Prevention -- Evaluation | Evaluation research (Social action programs)Genre/Form: Electronic booksDDC classification: 364.36/0973 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge. Summary: In combating crime in America, little attention has been paid to keeping children from becoming criminals. What benefit might be realized from such an approach, and at what cost? Working from limited data on program efficacy and on criminal careers, the authors of this report made rough estimates of the costs and benefits of four early interventions--prenatal home visits by child care professionals, followed by four years of day care; training for parents with young children who have shown aggressive behavior; incentives to induce disadvantaged high-school students to graduate; and monitoring and supervising young delinquents. All except the first appeared to be at least as cost-effective as a popular but very different approach to crime reduction--California's "three-strikes" law. The advantages of parent training and graduation incentives in particular are so large that some advantage is likely to be found even under assumptions differing substantially from those made here. This report updates information contained in MR-699-UCB/RC/IF, published in 1996.
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"RAND Criminal Justice."
Research that originated in an invitation to make a presentation at a seminar held Oakland, Calif., May 19, 1995.
"MR-699-1-UCB/RC/IF"--P. [4] of cover.
Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-69).
In combating crime in America, little attention has been paid to keeping children from becoming criminals. What benefit might be realized from such an approach, and at what cost? Working from limited data on program efficacy and on criminal careers, the authors of this report made rough estimates of the costs and benefits of four early interventions--prenatal home visits by child care professionals, followed by four years of day care; training for parents with young children who have shown aggressive behavior; incentives to induce disadvantaged high-school students to graduate; and monitoring and supervising young delinquents. All except the first appeared to be at least as cost-effective as a popular but very different approach to crime reduction--California's "three-strikes" law. The advantages of parent training and graduation incentives in particular are so large that some advantage is likely to be found even under assumptions differing substantially from those made here. This report updates information contained in MR-699-UCB/RC/IF, published in 1996.
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