The community corrections partnership: Examining the long-term effects of youth participation in an Afrocentric diversion program

    Authors

    W. R. King; S. T. Holmes; M. L. Henderson;E. J. Latessa

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Crime Delinq.

    Keywords

    Criminology & Penology

    Abstract

    Using Afrocentric techniques has recently emerged as a promising way of delivering services to African Americans. Briefly, a number of authors have argued that African Americans are better served, especially by substance abuse services, when service delivery utilizes Afrocentric techniques. This study reports an evaluation of an Afrocentric treatment program for male, juvenile, felony offenders in one city. The evaluation uses a two-group, quasi-experimental design to compare the 281 African American youths in the Afrocentric treatment program (called the Community Corrections partnership) with a comparison group of 140 probation youths. Overall, the youths assigned to the Afrocentric treatment program performed slightly better than the probationers on 4 out of 15 measures of juvenile and adult criminality.

    Journal Title

    Crime & Delinquency

    Volume

    47

    Issue/Number

    4

    Publication Date

    1-1-2001

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    558

    Last Page

    572

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000176958400004

    ISSN

    0011-1287

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