Evaluating the relative effectiveness of training school programs to community-based programs on Japanese juvenile delinquents with different backgrounds

摘要

In this article, we studied the relative effectiveness of training scool programs to community-based programs on Japanese juvenile delinquents with different criminogenic needs and risk levels using a proportional hazards model.At the first incarceration,we found that the recommended treatment based on delinquentsu27 characteristics and the actual treatment in the training schools were effective for predicting recidivism. Their interactionm,however,was not significant in this regard. We also found that social bond covariates such as social status and attachment to both parents appeared to reduce recidivism.We concluded that,based on crimlnogenic assessment,early intervention by a training school program was effective for preventing first time offendersu27 future delinquency in Japan.At the secoud or later incarceration,however,the five covariates had no significant effects.These social bond covariates being insignificant many be explained by the shifting nature of shaming,in that it may be reintegrative at the first incarceration,but stigmatizing the reincarcerated afterwards even in Japanese society.