title: Computer-Tailored Intervention for Juvenile Offenders.
abstract: Studies assessing the efficacy of juvenile justice interventions show small effects on recidivism and other outcomes. This paper describes the development of a prototype of a multimedia computer-tailored intervention ("Rise Above Your Situation"or RAYS) that relies on an evidence-based model of behavior change, the Transtheoretical Model, and expert system technology to deliver assessments, feedback, printed reports, and counselor reports with intervention ideas. In a feasibility test involving 60 system-involved youths and their counselors, evaluations of the program were favorable: 91.7% of youths agreed that the program could help them make positive changes, and 86.7% agreed that the program could give their counselor helpful information about them.
authors.affiliation: Senior Vice President of Research and Product Development, Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc., South Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA.
authors.forename: Deborah A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Levesque
authors.forename: Janet L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Carol A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Welch
authors.forename: Janice M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Prochaska
authors.forename: Anne C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Fernandez