Abstract
The purpose of this research was to measure the effectiveness of moral dilemma discussion groups with 48 incarcerated juvenile male and female offenders. The treatment group participated in 10 sessions of moral reasoning groups. Repeated measures multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVAs) were used to test for significant differences from pre- to posttests on the Defining Issues Test, number of successful days completed, and number of infractions incurred at the correctional facility. Results indicated that discussion groups helped improve the behavior of the mule and female treatment groups. Regarding moral reasoning, female offenders were found to use significantly higher levels of principled reasoning than were male offenders.
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