Evidence-based Programs for Juvenile Offenders:
Why Not Use All the Evidence?
Mark Lipsey, Ph.D.
Prevention Research Center Presentation
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Abstract
In conventional usage, "evidence-based programs" generally means brand
name model programs that have been certified by some group as showing
positive effects in one or more credible studies. However, there are many
more studies of generic or 'home grown' programs that meet any given
evidence standard than there are of the manualized brand name programs
widely touted as evidence-based. This talk will present an approach that uses
meta-analysis to incorporate all the available experimental and high quality
quasi-experimental evidence when identifying evidence-based programs for
juvenile offenders.