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Reading for Life and Adolescent Re‐Arrest: Evaluating a Unique Juvenile Diversion Program

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  • A. D. Seroczynski
  • William N. Evans
  • Amy D. Jobst
  • Luke Horvath
  • Giuliana Carozza

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We present results of an evaluation of Reading for Life (RFL), a diversion program for nonviolent juvenile offenders in a medium‐sized Midwestern county. The unique program uses philosophical virtue theory, works of literature, and small mentoring groups to foster moral development in juvenile offenders. Participants were randomly assigned to RFL treatment or a comparison program of community service. The RFL program generated large and statistically significant drops in future arrests. The program was particularly successful at reducing the recidivism of more serious offenses and for those groups with the highest propensity for future offenses.

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  • A. D. Seroczynski & William N. Evans & Amy D. Jobst & Luke Horvath & Giuliana Carozza, 2016. "Reading for Life and Adolescent Re‐Arrest: Evaluating a Unique Juvenile Diversion Program," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 35(3), pages 662-682, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jpamgt:v:35:y:2016:i:3:p:662-682
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    1. Doleac, Jennifer, 2018. "Strategies to Productively Reincorporate the Formerly-Incarcerated into Communities: A Review of the Literature," IZA Discussion Papers 11646, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    2. Arbour, William & Lacroix, Guy & Marchand, Steeve, 2021. "Prison Rehabilitation Programs: Efficiency and Targeting," IZA Discussion Papers 14022, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. Steeve Marchand & Guy Lacroix & William Arbour, 2023. "Prison rehabilitation programs and recidivism: evidence from variations in availability," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2023n07, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.

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