Practitioner review: Effective ingredients of prevention programs for youth at risk of persistent juvenile delinquency - Recommendations for clinical practice

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 108-121

  De Vries, Sanne L A ^a   Hoeve, Machteld ^a   Assink, Mark ^a   Stams, Geert Jan J M ^a   Asscher, Jessica J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; juvenile delinquency; meta analysis; prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; META ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84921691884     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12320     Document Type: Article

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