The economic impact of multisystemic therapy through midlife: A cost-benefit analysis with serious juvenile offenders and their siblings

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 694-705

  Dopp, Alex R ^a   Borduin, Charles M ^a   Wagner, David V ^a   Sawyer, Aaron M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

cost benefit analysis; evidencebased treatment; family based services; multisystemic therapy (MST); serious juvenile offenders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COURT; CRIME VICTIM; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MULTISYSTEMIC THERAPY; PAIN; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; POLICE; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SIBLING; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TAX; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; OFFENDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MISSOURI; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SIBLINGS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905080508     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036415     Document Type: Article

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