Psychosocial Functioning Among Juvenile Offenders 12 Months After Family Empowerment Intervention.
We report the final results of a study of the impact of a Family Empowerment Intervention (FEI) on the one-year, post-initial interview psychosocial functioning of 272 youths processed at the Hillsborough County Juvenile Assessment Center who entered the project between September 1, 1994 and January...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Offender Rehabilitation Vol. 32; no. 1/2; pp. 1 - 57 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2000
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