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The Prevention and Treatment of Illegal Behavior

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This chapter is concerned with predelinquent and preadjudication methods for preventing and controlling delinquency and adult offending. We shall also discuss in some detail the rehabilitation and treatment that have been applied at the postadjudication stage. Throughout the chapter we emphasize the importance of a proper scientific enquiry.

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Eysenck, H.J., Gudjonsson, G.H. (1989). The Prevention and Treatment of Illegal Behavior. In: The Causes and Cures of Criminality. Perspectives on Individual Differences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6726-1_7

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6726-1_7

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-4419-3210-5

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