title: Community-Based Alternatives to Incarceration and Assessment and Community-Based Planning for Probation/Community-Based Alternative.
abstract: There is growing concern regarding the current treatment of juvenile offenders within the justice system. Most mental health professionals would agree that it is best to adopt a rehabilitative approach toward delinquent youths, but current practices do not always follow this principle. Youth incarceration is a costly and often debilitative process. There is growing evidence for community-based alternatives that aim to rehabilitate juvenile delinquents. Some of these interventions have proved to be successful in the prevention of delinquent acts.
authors.affiliation: Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, 230 South Frontage Road, New Haven, CT 06519, USA. Electronic address: dalia.balsamo@yale.edu.
authors.forename: Dalia N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Balsamo
authors.affiliation: Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, 230 South Frontage Road, New Haven, CT 06519, USA.
authors.forename: Yann B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Poncin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Adjudicated youth; Community-based alternatives to incarceration; Community-based planning; Evidence-based psychosocial treatments; Juvenile offenders