Staff reviewed
A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FAMILY INTERVENTIONS IN REDUCING JUVENILE RECIDIVISM.
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Family-based interventions for justice-involved youth now have a synthesised evidence base that extends beyond the small number of brand-name models, with the review reporting that most studies found reduced recidivism but with results varying "depending on the type of charge, assessment timepoint, measure of recidivism, or moderating factors" (J Am Acad Psychiatry Law, 2026), which is the qualification a dispositional recommendation citing this literature has to carry.