Fast Track intervention effects on youth arrests and delinquency
paper examines effects fast track preventive intervention youth arrests selfreported delinquent behavior age 19 highrisk youth randomly assigned receive longterm comprehensive preventive intervention 1st grade 10th grade four sites compared highrisk control youth findings indicated random assignment fast track reduced courtrecorded juvenile arrest activity based severity weighted sum juvenile arrests supplementary analyses revealed intervention effect reduction number courtrecorded moderateseverity juvenile arrests relative control children addition among youth higher initial behavioral risk intervention reduced number highseverity adult arrests relative control youth survival analyses examining onset arrests delinquent behavior revealed similar pattern findings intervention decreased probability juvenile arrest among intervention youth previously arrested addition intervention decreased probability selfreported highseverity offense among youth previous selfreported highseverity offense intervention effects also evident onset highseverity courtrecorded adult arrests among participants effects varied site current findings suggest comprehensive preventive intervention prevent juvenile arrest rates although presence nature intervention effects differs outcome