Effective community-based supervision of young offenders / Chris Trotter.

Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 2012.

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Juvenile delinquents -- New South Wales.

Community based corrections -- New South Wales.

Recidivism.

Recidivism -- New South Wales.

An increasing body of research suggests that some interventions with offenders can reduce reoffending. While little of this research has focused on the impact of routine supervision of offenders on probation, parole or other community-based orders, a few studies have found that when supervisors make use of a number of specific practice skills, there is a reduced rate of recidivism for those under their supervision. Having first described the effective practice skills, the extent to which these are applied to a population of young offenders is assessed, along with the resultant effect on recidivism. The study involved the direct observation of 117 worker/client interviews conducted by juvenile justice workers in New South Wales. It was found, as with earlier studies generally done with adults, that when workers used particular practice skills, the young people under their supervision had lower reoffending rates. It also found that workers who provided a counselling role made more use of the effective practice skills than workers who did not.

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"December 2012".

Includes bibliographical references (p. 7).

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