[PSYC39H3] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 41 pages long Study Guide!
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Child & family behavior therapy, 37, 2, 174-179. Darwin awards: people get it for dying from something stupid, survival of the fittest. Substance abuse disorders: 80% of criminals have abuse/mental issue, many crimes are not well thought out. Few programs are effective: characteristics of successful programs. They focus on multiple settings and systems. They focus on the family first: classification of prevention and treatment programs, primary prevention, selective prevention, treatment or intervention, primary prevention: aimed at all. Designed to prevent delinquent behavior before signs emerge. (like inoculation, before kids have started on juvenile path. Lets say there is an older sibling who is in the system/children who live in neighborhoods where crime, this can be done before any identification in the individual. Ex: programs in schools that address everybody. : primary prevention. Shift in focus to the development and enhancement of protective factors.
