Delinquency prevention

An example of consultation in rural community mental health

Bibliographic Data

ID11045150
AuthorsPatrick H Tolan (0000-0001-5669-8442, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, corresponding author), M Shelley Perry (University of Tennessee at Knoxville), Theodore Jones, Theodore H D Jones
Year1987
Volume15
Issue1
Pages43-50
Publication date1987-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/1520-6629(198701)15:1<43::aid-jcop2290150107>3.0.co;2-a
OpenAlexW2063796373
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

This article describes the development and operation of a secondary prevention program designed to reduce recidivism in a rural community. Rural communities present unique aspects such as geographic isolation, cultural values divergent from those of urban society, and limited professional resources that impact upon consultation and program development and that must be considered if implemented programs are to be utilized. Parameters of work in rural areas are described and discussed. Fifty-five first offender participants in a community program that was developed through consultation to a rural juvenile court are compared with 177 cohort control subjects who appeared before the court prior to implementation of the program. Program participants had a recidivism rate one-fourth that of the cohort. Results are attributed to change in the court's approach to its task of dealing with juvenile delinquency in the community.

Cohort · Criminology · Juvenile court · Juvenile delinquency · Medical education · Mental health · Psychiatry · Recidivism · Rural community · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Work (physics) · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Child Welfare and Adoption · Engineering · Medicine · Psychology

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