Computer-Tailored Intervention for Juvenile Offenders

Prevention and intervention programs for juvenile offenders.

Over the past decade researchers have identified intervention strategies and program models that reduce delinquency and promote pro-social development. Preventing delinquency, says Peter Greenwood, not only saves young lives from being wasted, but also prevents the onset of adult criminal careers and thus reduces the burden of crime on its victims and on society. It costs states billions of dol...

Computer tailored intervention for older smokers using transdermal nicotine.

This paper presents inital outcomes of a randomised controlled trial evaluating the eYcacy of a self help intervention combining a quit smoking guide designed for older adults with a series of personalised computer tailored cessation messages. These messages were delivered through a state prescription plan, similar to the prescription and pharmacy benefit management plans widely used by managed...

Juvenile Victims and Offenders

Characteristics of Juvenile Offenders

Answer 1: When examining the juvenile justice system, it is important to recognize some general commonalities about juvenile offenders. Before explaining some general characteristics of juvenile offenders, it must be pointed out that these characteristics are based on the information about juveniles who go through the system, which means that these general characteristics might be very differen...

Post-intervention effect of a computer tailored smoking cessation programme.

F ace to face advice for smoking cessation is effective, but few smokers are willing to attend smoking cessation clinics, and many do not receive smoking cessation advice from their physician. Self help smoking cessation materials may not be very effective, but computer technology can be used to produce effective individualised self help smoking cessation materials and disseminate them widely a...