RT Article
T1 Family support, enriched preschool and serious youth offending
JF Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice
SP 1
OP 16
A1 Allen, Jacqueline
A2 Homel, Ross
A2 Vasco, Daniela
A2 Freiberg, Kate
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1919689729
AB This paper investigates the effects on court-adjudicated offending to age 17 of comprehensive, community‑based support offered through the Pathways to Prevention Project to families of preschool and primary age children. The sample is 543 children from a disadvantaged region in Brisbane, 192 of whom, at age four in 2002 or 2003, participated in the standard preschool curriculum plus a program designed to strengthen oral language and communication skills, and who transitioned to a local primary school where family support remained available. Family support (involving 41% of families) was associated overall with a heightened risk of offending, reflecting the high level of need in these families, particularly in the later primary years. However, family support combined with the communication program corresponded to a very low offending rate. This suggests that family support should be combined with both high-quality, early-in-life preventive initiatives and with evidence-based child and parent programs in late primary school.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 12-15
K1 Children
K1 Crime Prevention
K1 Family support
K1 Juvenile Offenders
K1 Peer-reviewed
K1 Programs
DO 10.52922/ti77567