Abstract

This article presents an overview on the concepts and the outcomes of current prevention and intervention measures for juvenile delinquency and offender rehabilitation. The main focus is on a discussion of recent evaluation results. Social skills training, parent training programs, family-oriented early intervention, and multimodal school-based programs are discussed as prevention measures. Cognitive-behavioral and family therapy as well as diverse concepts of offender rehabilitation (e.g., boot camps) are delineated as intervention measures. The article concludes with an integrated evaluation of these results and a discussion of general theoretical and strategic issues.

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