A Brief Review and Meta-Analysis of Gang Intervention Trials in North America
| Autor: | Stanley J. HueyJr., Gabrielle Lewine, Miriam Rubenson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Intervention trials
050901 criminology 05 social sciences Ethnic group Intervention effect Random effects model Meta-analysis Political science Intervention (counseling) Development economics 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 0509 other social sciences 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Gang Transitions and Transformations in an International Context ISBN: 9783319296005 |
| Popis: | This chapter provides a brief review of the literature on controlled, gang intervention evaluations. Thirty-eight studies were included, and all were carried out in North America (primarily the United States). The majority of studies (63 %) were treatment-oriented (versus prevention-oriented; 37 %) trials, with participants who were predominantly male (84 %), youths (87 %), and ethnic minority (81 %). Although many studies showed that intervention was effective at remediating antisocial behavior and gang involvement, a somewhat larger number found only limited or no intervention effects. When meta-analysis was used to assess treatment effects across 26 studies, results were similarly mixed. Random effects analysis showed that intervention effects for antisocial behavior were nonsignificant, d = .07, p = .20, whereas effects for gang involvement were small yet statistically significant, d = .29, p = .03. Methodological challenges and limitations are discussed, as well as research programs that serve as models for how to conduct gang intervention evaluations. |
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