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Targeted Treatment for Adjudicated Youth with Learning Disabilities

Effects on Recidivism

Norman Brier is an associate professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he directs the Adolescent Division of The Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center. Dr. Brier is currently directing a multiyear intervention project entitled "Alternatives," designed to reduce the likelihood of a chronic, antisocial outcome among early adolescents who display both disruptive behavior and serious learning deficiencies. Address: Norman Brier, Rose F. Kennedy Center—AECOM, 1410 Pelham Pkwy. South, Bronx, NY 10461.

The effects of a criminal diversion project on recidivism rates are described for late-age adolescent defendants with learning disabilities. During the 24-month study period, 73 subjects who had completed the project's requirements and received targeted psychosocial, educational, and vocational treatments were compared with regard to criminal recidivism rates with 85 subjects who did not complete the project and a matched group of 34 untreated subjects. Based on official crime statistics, subjects who had completed the project were found to have a significantly lower recidivism rate (12%) relative to noncompleters (40%) and to subjects in the matched group (38%) (p < .001) over a follow-up period of, on average, 20 months. An analysis of differences between groups on a variety of demographic and criminal justice characteristics suggests that the groups were comparable with regard to the variables assessed. Potential mechanisms contributing to the favorable outcome are noted, as is the importance of targeting treatments so that they are skills oriented and combine the more general needs of delinquent youth with the particular needs of adolescents with learning disabilities.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 27, No. 4, 215-222 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/002221949402700403


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