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14 Youth Violence & Juv. Just. 3 (2016)

handle is hein.journals/yvja14 and id is 1 raw text is: Article Youth Violence and juvenile justice 2016, Vol. 14(1) 3-25 @ The Author(s) 2014 Dosage Matters: Impact of a Rpit n emsin Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermnissions.nav Violent Offender Treatment DOI: 10.1177/1541204014555436 yvi.sagepub.comn Program on juvenile Recidivism SAGE Darin R. Haerle' Abstract This study estimates the dose-response relationship between the time spent in an intensive, therapeutic treatment program during juvenile incarceration and violent juvenile offenders' odds of recidivism. A propensity score matching approach is used to determine the treatment effect of a strong and weak dose of this program on recidivism. Analyses reveal that program participants who receive any dose of this program exhibit lower odds of recidivism than nonparticipants. Those who received a stronger dose of treatment are significantly less likely to recidivate during the three years following release than those who received no treatment. This effect grows in magnitude when compared with those who receive a weak dose. The efficacy of this program's treatment model provides the evidence that, compared to a weak dose, rehabilitation of capital and violent juvenile offenders is more feasible within the venue of juvenile incarceration when treatment is provided to a high-risk population via an intensive dose. Keywords rehabilitation, blended sentencing, violent juvenile offenders, recidivism Background Accountability Movement in juvenile justice The rehabilitative foundations of the juvenile justice system have eroded. Juvenile advocates orig- inally designed the juvenile justice system to rehabilitate, but the evolution of juvenile justice has slowly moved away from the rehabilitative mission of treatment toward a more punitive philosophy that prioritizes punishment over rehabilitation-this is particularly true for serious and violent juve- nile offenders (Merlo & Benekos, 2010; Podkopacz & Feld, 2001; Smallheer, 1999). This new juve- nile justice system is quite similar to the adult criminal justice system with regard to philosophical perspectives as well as procedural similarities (Podkopacz & Feld, 2001; Redding, 2003). Despite Department of Political Science, College of Behavioral & Social Sciences, California State University, Chico, CA, USA Corresponding Author: Darin R. Haerle, Department of Political Science, College of Behavioral & Social Sciences, California State University, 400 West Ist St., Chico, CA 95929, USA. Email: dhaerle@csuchico.edu

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