Treatment Strategies

Abstract

The evaluation research reviewed thus far points to the conclusions that rehabilitative treatment strategies can be effective in reducing reoffending and that judicial sanctions delivered without treatment services are generally ineffective. There is as well growing support for the principles of case classification reviewed earlier. These principles state that intensive services should be delivered to high-risk rather than low-risk cases (Risk Principle), services should be offered that address the criminogenic needs of the youth (Need Principle), services should consistent with the aptitudes and other characteristics of the offender (Responsivity Principle), and the rule that attention should be paid to the integrity with which programs are delivered.