Trial reportJournal of substance abuse treatment2014
RCT of a promising vocational/employment program for high-risk juvenile offenders.
Trial report in Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions for female drug-using offenders.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Individual-, family-, and school-level interventions targeting multiple risk behaviours in young people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- The quality and effectiveness of interventions that target multiple risk factors among young people: a systematic review.Australian and New Zealand journal of public health · 2017Pooled it
- Pharmacological interventions for drug-using offenders.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- No Matter Your Age, "It's Your Life, It's Your Choice": Compulsory Persuasion and Informal Rehabilitative Support in Youth and Adult Intensive Supervision Programs.International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology · 2026Article
- Community investment interventions as a means for decarceration: A scoping review.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2022Article
- Treatment completion among justice-involved youth engaged in behavioral health treatment studies in the United States: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2022Review
- Interventions for drug-using offenders with co-occurring mental health problems.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Review
- The Impact of Callous-Unemotional Traits and Externalizing Tendencies on Neural Responsivity to Reward and Punishment in Healthy Adolescents.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Article
- Improving the evidence base for services working with youth at-risk of involvement in the criminal justice system: developing a standardised program approach.Health & justice · 2018Article
- Juvenile delinquency, welfare, justice and therapeutic interventions: a global perspective.BJPsych bulletin · 2017Review
- Are Non-Pharmacological Interventions Effective in Reducing Drug Use and Criminality? A Systematic and Meta-Analytical Review with an Economic Appraisal of These Interventions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Review
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Juvenile offenders with substance use problems are at high risk for deleterious long-term outcomes. This study evaluated the capacity of a promising vocational and employment training program in the building sector (i.e., Community Restitution Apprenticeship-Focused Training, CRAFT) to mitigate such outcomes through enhanced employment and education. Participants were 97 high-risk juvenile offenders (mean age=15.8 years) randomized to CRAFT versus education as usual (EAU) intervention conditions. Multi-method procedures measured employment, education, substance use, mental health, and criminal outcomes through a 30-month post-baseline follow-up. CRAFT was significantly more effective than EAU at increasing rates of youth employment and GED attendance. Intervention effects were not observed, however, for months employed, hours worked, or hourly wage. Measures of youth substance use, mental health symptoms, and criminal activity showed no favorable or iatrogenic effects. The potential of CRAFT was modestly supported, and suggestions were made for future research.
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