Reading for Life and Adolescent Re‐Arrest: Evaluating a Unique Juvenile Diversion Program
评估了“阅读促进生活”分流项目对非暴力青少年罪犯的效果，该项目通过哲学美德理论、文学作品和小组指导促进道德发展，结果显示显著降低了再逮捕率，尤其对严重犯罪和高风险群体效果更佳。
Abstract We present results of an evaluation of Reading for Life (RFL), a diversion program for nonviolent juvenile offenders in a medium‐sized Midwestern county. The unique program uses philosophical virtue theory, works of literature, and small mentoring groups to foster moral development in juvenile offenders. Participants were randomly assigned to RFL treatment or a comparison program of community service. The RFL program generated large and statistically significant drops in future arrests. The program was particularly successful at reducing the recidivism of more serious offenses and for those groups with the highest propensity for future offenses.