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Prevention and Intervention Programs for Juvenile OffendersVOL. 18 / NO. 2 / FALL 2008 185 Prevention and Inter vention Programs for Juvenile OffendersPeter GreenwoodSummaryOver the past decade researchers have identified Intervention strategies and program models that reduce delinquency and promote pro-social development. Preventing delinquency, says Peter Greenwood, not only saves young lives from being wasted, but also prevents the onset of adult criminal careers and thus reduces the burden of crime on its victims and on society. It costs states billions of dollars a year to arrest, prosecute, incarcerate, and treat Juvenile offend-ers.
iors), their criteria for selection, and the rigor with which the evidence is screened and reviewed. Cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit studies make it possible to compare the efficiency of programs that produce similar results, allowing policymakers to achieve the largest possible crime-prevention effect for a given level of funding.
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