Reducing juvenile recidivism with cognitive training and a cell phone follow-up: An evaluation of the RealVictory program

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-80

  Burraston, Bert O ^a   Cherrington, David J ^a   Bahr, Stephen J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive training; desistance from crime; juvenile probation; prosocial attitudes; rearrest; recidivism; technology; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; MOTIVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CELLULAR PHONE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOALS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; RECURRENCE; SOCIALIZATION; UTAH;

EID: 84856182138     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X10388635     Document Type: Article

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