RT Article
T1 Predictors of intervention success in a sports-based program for adolescents at risk of juvenile delinquency
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 62
IS 6
SP 1535
OP 1555
A1 Spruit, Anouk
A1 van der Put, Claudia
A1 van Vugt, Eveline
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1586869957
AB To prevent juvenile delinquency, there is growing interest in the use of sports-based interventions. To date, there is little empirical research that provides insights into for whom, how, and when sports-based crime prevention programs are most effective. Therefore, the current study assessed which youth, coach, and context factors were predictive of change in risk factors and protective factors for delinquency in a sports-based crime prevention program for at-risk adolescents. Participants (N = 155) and their teachers filled in questionnaires about risk and protective factors for delinquency at the start of the intervention and 13 months later. In addition, the coaches and participants filled in questionnaires about the predictors of intervention success. The youths showed significant improvements over the course of the intervention. Various youth, coach, and context factors (e.g., the type of education of youth and the sociomoral climate at the sports club) were associated to change in the outcome variables.
K1 Sports-based crime prevention
K1 Juvenile delinquency
K1 Sports environment
K1 Coaching
K1 Youth development
K1 Jugendkriminalität
K1 Prävention
K1 Sport
K1 Programme
DO 10.1177/0306624X17698055