Deviant Peer Influences in Intervention and Public Policy for Youth

Group: Maine Department of Corrections

URL: http://www.maine.gov/corrections/jjag/ReportsPubs/devient%20peer%20influences.pdf

Description

This report makes the following recommendations: 1) Programs, placements, and treatments that aggregate deviant youth that are ineffective as well as costly should be terminated whenever possible; 2) Effective alternatives to deviant peer-group placement are available and should be supported; 3) Policy decision-making should take into account the system-wide impact of interventions and placements on both deviant youth and their communities; and 4) Practitioners, programs, and policymakers should document the peer context of each placement and evaluate the impact of each placement on the youth and the community.

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juvenile justice, deviance, deviant, peer, peer influence, contagion, policy, juveniles

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