| Study
|
Scientific Methods Score
|
Findings1
|
| Land, McCall, and Williams (1990)
|
5
|
ISP youth (mostly status offenders) with no prior delinquent offenses had fewer delinquent offenses (12%) than control
group (28%) [S].
ISP youth with prior delinquent offenses had more
delinquent offenses (57%) than control group (33%) [NS].
|
| Weibush (1993)
|
3
|
ISP youth had more felony complaints (51%) than
probationers (38%) but fewer than parolees (57%) [NS].
ISP youth had more adjudications (77%) than
probationers (62%) but fewer than parolees (78%) [NS].
|
| Sontheimer and Goodstein
(1993)
|
5
|
ISP juveniles had fewer rearrests (50%) than parolees
(74%) [S].
|
| Minor and Elrod (1990)
|
2
|
ISP group had more self-reported criminal and status
offenses [NS].
|
| Minor and Elrod (1992)
|
2
|
ISP group had fewer status offenses but more criminal
offenses (68%) than control group (67%) [NS].
|
| Barton and Butts (1990)
|
5
|
ISP juveniles had more charges, but control group had
more serious charges [NS].
|
| Greenwood, Deschenes, and
Adams (1993)
|
5
|
Detroit: Aftercare group (22%) had more arrests than
control group (18%) [NS].
Pittsburgh: Aftercare group had fewer arrests (49%)
compared with control group (48%) [NS].
|
| Gottfredson and Barton (1993)
|
4
|
Institutionalized juveniles had fewer arrests than
noninstitutionalized juveniles [S].
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