| Roundtable: Early, Risk Focused Delinquency Prevention: What Works and How We Know |
| Roundtable Presentation 524 to be held in Wekiwa 3 on Friday, Nov 13, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM |
| Sponsored by the Crime and Justice TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Roger Przybylski, RKC Group, rogerkp@comcast.net |
| Abstract: While crime prevention takes many forms, early risk-focused prevention programs that target children and families and focus on risk factors for criminal conduct can produce long-lasting public safety benefits. Unfortunately, many of the programs that prevent crime in the most cost-effective manner are not well known. Moreover, some interventions that have considerable political or public appeal turn out, based on a review of the evidence not to be very effective at all. This presentation, which is based on the presenter's 2008 publication titled What Works: A Compendium of Evidence-Based Options for Preventing New and Persistent Criminal Behavior, identifies effective risk-focused prevention programs and discusses the evaluation findings that demonstrate their efficacy and effectiveness. Evidence-based programs for every stage of a child's development, and the methods employed and lessons learned during the course of the presenter's review of the evidence will all be discussed. |