Pappas Laceé N, Dent Amy L
School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, 5300 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Irvine, CA USA.
J Exp Criminol. 2023;19(1):1-30. doi: 10.1007/s11292-021-09472-z. Epub 2021 Jun 12.
This meta-review integrates the findings of meta-analyses and systematic reviews to explore the effect of intervention programs on recidivism for juvenile offenders.
The systematic literature search gathered 48 meta-analyses and systematic reviews from 53 research reports, contributing 56 independent effect sizes for analysis. These effect sizes were statistically integrated, and five moderators of theoretical and methodological importance were tested using meta-regression.
On average, intervention programs are associated with a significant reduction in recidivism ( = -0.09, < 0.001) for juvenile offenders who participate in a program compared to those who do not. However, reductions in recidivism significantly vary between the levels of criminal justice system, characteristics of juvenile offenders, types of program modalities, and methodological quality.
Results indicate that intervention programs can be an effective approach to reducing recidivism for juvenile offenders, especially when combined with a rehabilitative program modality.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11292-021-09472-z.
本元综述整合了元分析和系统评价的结果,以探讨干预项目对青少年罪犯再犯率的影响。
系统文献检索从53篇研究报告中收集了48项元分析和系统评价,提供了56个独立效应量进行分析。对这些效应量进行了统计整合,并使用元回归检验了五个具有理论和方法学重要性的调节变量。
平均而言,与未参加项目的青少年罪犯相比,参加干预项目的青少年罪犯再犯率显著降低(= -0.09,< 0.001)。然而,刑事司法系统层面、青少年罪犯特征、项目模式类型和方法学质量不同,再犯率的降低情况存在显著差异。
结果表明,干预项目可以成为降低青少年罪犯再犯率的有效方法,特别是与康复项目模式相结合时。
在线版本包含可在10.1007/s11292-021-09472-z获取的补充材料。