Table 2.
Reference | Design | Year | Intervention | Sample | Outcome | Reduce CLI | Detailed CLI Findings | |
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(Duration Follow-up) | ||||||||
Education | Dodge et al. 2015 | RCT | 1991-1993 | Fast Track program: programming including parents and children for kindergartners deemed high-risk | N=891 | Conviction | Yes | Convictions (violent): 30.9% reduction (p=0.04); Convictions (drug): 34.7% reduction (p=0.03). No difference property/public order convictions. |
Youth | (20+ years) | |||||||
Reynolds et al. 2001 | Quasi | 1983-1989 | Children-Parent Center: preschool-third grade and wraparound services for students and parents | N=677 | Arrest | Yes | Arrest (any): 8% reduction (p<0.001); arrest (violent): 5.2% reduction (p<0.01). | |
Giovanelli et al. 2018 | Youth | (15+ years) | ||||||
Weikart et al. 1998 | RCT | 1967 | High Scope/Perry Preschool: high quality preschool with focus on parental involvement | N=123 | Arrest | Yes | Arrest (5+): 28% absolute reduction (p<0.05); | |
Youth | (25 years) | |||||||
Schweinhart and Weikart 1997 | RCT | 1967 | High Scope/Perry Preschool Curriculum | N=68 | Arrest | Yes | Arrest (mean): 0.2 treatment group versus 0.9 control (p=0.04); arrests (property): 0.0 treatment group versus 0.9 control (p=0.01); no difference violent crime arrests. | |
Youth | (20 years) | |||||||
Campbell et al. 2012 | RCT | 1972-1977 | Abecedarian Project: Intensive early childhood education, no parental component | N=111 | Felony/Misdemeanor Conviction | No | No observed difference between treatment groups in risk of criminal conviction. | |
Youth | (30 years) | |||||||
Deming et al. 2011 | RCT | 2002 | First-choice middle or high school enrollment by random lottery in Charlotte, NC (all male population) | N=44,028 | Arrests, Incarcerations | Yes | Arrest: 45% reduction (felony) and 70% reduction (drug felony) for high-risk HS winners. | |
Youth | (7 years) | Incarceration: 50% shorter prison sentence length for high-risk lottery winners | ||||||
Cullen, et al. 2006 | RCT | 2000-2001 | Attending school of choice in Chicago Public School lottery system | N=19,520 | Arrests | Yes | Arrest: 5% reduction (p<0.05) | |
Youth | ||||||||
Housing | Kling et al. 2005 and Sciandra et al. 2013 | RCT | 1994-1998 | Moving to Opportunity: housing voucher +/- move to lower poverty neighborhood | N=4643 | Arrest | Yes | Females: decreased arrests (property & violent) |
Youth | (10 years) | Males: decreased arrests (violent) increased arrests (property) | ||||||
Healthcare | Kitzman et al. 2019 | RCT | 1990-1991 | Nurse Family Partnership: Prenatal Care via Home Nurse | N=742 | Arrest/Conviction | Yes | Arrests (girls): no differences detected |
Infant | (18 years) | Convictions (girls): 53% reduction among female participants (p=0.08) | ||||||
No detectable differences among boys. | ||||||||
Olds et al. 1997 | RCT | 1978-1980 | Nurse Family Partnership: Prenatal/Infant Care via Home Nurse | N=400 | Arrest/Conviction | Yes | Arrests (girls): 77% reduction (p<0.05) | |
Olds et al. 1998 | Infant | (19 years) | Convictions (girls): 80% reduction (p<0.05) | |||||
Echkenrode et al. 2010 | No detectable differences among boys. | |||||||
Mothers also found to have significantly fewer arrests and convictions (p<0.10) | ||||||||
Zun et al. 2006 | RCT | 1998-1999 | Hospital-based violence prevention: intensive case management | N=188 | Incarceration/Arrest | No | No detectable differences between the treatment groups. | |
Youth | (12 months) | |||||||
Employment | Heller 2016 | RCT | 2012 | One Summer Plus: 8-week, part-time employment + mentorship | N=1634 | Arrest | Yes | Arrests (violent): 43% relative reduction |
Youth | (16 months) | |||||||
Social Support | Weiss et al. 2013 | RCT | (-) | Multisystemic Therapy (MST) – cognitive behavioral therapy + family and school support | N=164 | Arrest | No | No detectable differences between the treatment groups. |
Youth | (2.5 years) | |||||||
Levine et al. 2019 | Quasi | (2001) | Guardian Model: intensive care coordination for client with severe mental illness (SMI) + guardian | N=217 | Arrest | Yes | Arrests: 0.25 reduction in arrests (p<.001) | |
Adults with SMI | (3 years) |
RCT = randomized controlled trial; Quasi = quasi-experimental design; CLI = criminal legal involvement.