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Costs and Benefits of a Targeted Intervention Program for Youthful Offenders: The YouthBuild USA Offender Project
Costs and Benefits of a Targeted Intervention Program for Youthful Offenders: The YouthBuild USA Offender Project
Publication year:
2008
| Cataloged on:
Aug. 26, 2008
ANNOTATION: "This study analyzes the costs and benefits of the YouthBuild USA Offender Project - a targeted intervention focusing on 16 to 24 year old criminal offenders" (p. 3). Sections of this report are: abstract; executive summary; introduction; background; the YouthBuild USA Offender Project; Participants' demographics; outcome measures; comparison of YouthBuild offender sample to similar youth; potential costs and benefits of YouthBuild Offender Project; how YouthBuild Offender Project students compare to other YouthBuild students; and concluding remarks. At $17,000, the program helped to lower recidivism and improve educational outcomes of its participants, while resulting in $134,000 to $536,000 in potential benefits to society.
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