family-based prevention of offending a meta-analysis.pptVIP

Family-based Prevention of Offending: A Meta-Analysis David P. Farrington Brandon C. Welsh 2003 Jenna Ayers Radford University Overview Review of the effectiveness of family-based prevention programs in reducing offending and antisocial behavior by children and adolescents. Family-based programs typically target family risk factors. Goal: aims to prepare and maintain systematic reviews and to make them available electronically. Previous Research Narrative reviews of effect of family-based interventions to prevent delinquency and later criminal offending Serketich Dumas (1996) Cochrane review completed by Woolfenden, Williams, Peat (2002) Systematic Review Why? Use rigorous methods for: locating, appraising, and synthesizing evidence from evaluation studies Explicit objectives Explicit criteria for inclusion and exclusion of studies Wide-ranging methods for searching for studies that are designed to reduce bias Method Selection of Evaluations (Inclusion) 1. The family and family factors 2. Outcome measure of delinquency or antisocial child behavior 3. High quality methodologically 4. Original sample size Searching Strategies Original aim: to update the review of family-based crime prevention in the 1997 Maryland Report Began searches in 1997 1. Recent reviews 2. Articles in major journals 3. Youth Update 4. Contacts Measuring Effect Size Aimed to measure 4 different effects in each study: 1. Short-term effect on delinquency 2. Short-term effects on child antisocial behavior 3. Long-term effects on offending 4. Long-term effects on antisocial behavior Main Measure of Effect Size The standardized mean difference d, which summarizes the difference between the experimental and control groups in standard deviation units: D= (Mc-Me)/s Positive value of d indicates a desirable effect of the intervention Family-based Prevention Programs Home Visiting (4) Day Care/Preschool programs (5) Parent Training programs (10) School-based programs (7) Home/Communit