Family-based Prevention of Offending: A Meta-analysis

By David P. Farrington, Brandon C. Welsh. 2003

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Safety Research

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The effectiveness of treatment for sexual offenders: A comprehensive meta-analysis (2005, result): “Similar results on the effect of small samples and/ or author involvement have been observed in juvenile offender treatment (Lipsey and Wilson 1998) and developmental prevention of antisocial behavior ( Farrington and Welsh 2003; Lo ¨sel and Beelmann 2003).”
The impact of program developers as evaluators on criminal recidivism: Results from meta-analyses of experimental and quasi-experimental research (2005, unknown): “These meta-analyses included 19 focused on juvenile delinquency (e.g., Andrews et al. 1990), six of sex offender treatment (e.g., Loesel and Schmucker, forthcoming), four targeting family-based treatment (e.g., Farrington and Welsh 2003 ), and three that looked only at studies reported in Europe (e”
Never too late (2010, background): “…have been shown empirically to be effective in diminishing future delinquent involvement among children and young adolescents (Alexander et al., 1998; Henggeler, 1998; Farrington and Coid, 2003; Farrington and Welsh, 2003; Curtis et al., 2004; Greenwood, 2006; Olds, 2007; Piquero et al., 2009).”
The SNAP™ Under 12 Outreach Project: Effects of a Community Based Program for Children with Conduct Problems (2007, methodology): “Lastly, a meta-analysis by Farrington and Welsh (2003) found that 40 family-based intervention programs had an average effect size of .32 for delinquency, corresponding to a decrease in the prevalence of offenders from 50% in a control group to 34% in an experimental group.”
Self-Control Interventions for Children Under Age 10 for Improving Self-Control and Delinquency and Problem Behaviors: A Systematic Review (2010, background): “…this issue should be handled with some researchers opting to use only one outcome source over another for reasons such as teacher ratings are likely to be less biased than parent reports and systematic "unbiased" observer ratings may be more accurate than teacher ratings (Farrington & Welsh, 2003).”
Effectiveness of Programs to Prevent School Bullying (2007, unknown): “Second, we are very concerned about the frequently-found negative correlations between sample size and effect size (e.g. Farrington & Welsh, 2003).”
School-Based Programs to Reduce Bullying and Victimization: A Systematic Review (2009, background): “…or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. the frequently-found negative correlations between sample size and effect size (e.g. Farrington & Welsh, 2003; Jolliffe & Farrington, 2007).”
Effects of early family/parent training programs on antisocial behavior and delinquency (2008, background): “…of a parent/ family-based intervention than parent reports and systematic “unbiased” observer ratings may be more accurate than teacher ratings (see Farrington & Welsh, 2003), other parenting intervention meta-analyses have favored averaging effect sizes (ESs) across outcome measures 22 and…”
On the Malleability of Self‐Control: Theoretical and Policy Implications Regarding a General Theory of Crime (2010, background): “…this issue should be handled with some researchers opting to use only one outcome source over another for reasons such as teacher ratings are likely to be less biased than parent reports and systematic “unbiased” observer ratings may be more accurate than teacher ratings (Farrington & Welsh, 2003).”
A meta-analysis of the effects of early developmental prevention programs in at-risk populations on non-health outcomes in adolescence (2010, methodology): “The meta-analysis conducted by Farrington and Welsh (2003) reviewed the effectiveness of family-based prevention programs in reducing offending and antisocial behavior by children and adolescents.”
Conduct Disorder, Aggression and Delinquency (2009, methodology): “MST was the most effective intervention in the review by Farrington and Welsh (2003).”
School-Based Programs to Reduce Bullying and Victimization (2012, background): “children; Frey et al. (2007) presented results separately for direct and indirect bullying; Evers et al.”
Can At-Risk Youth Be Diverted From Crime? (2016, unknown): “These variables were selected based on previous meta-analytic research that suggests these factors may be related to study outcomes (e.g., see Farrington & Welsh, 2003; Lipsey & Wilson, 2001; Sweet & Applebaum, 2004; Wilson & Lipsey, 2000).”
Do the victims of school bullies tend to become depressed later in life? A systematic review and meta‐analysis of longitudinal studies (2011, methodology): “In addition, we recommend that more efforts should be made to implement effective programmes with individual bullies and victims, perhaps based on child skills training (Lösel and Beelman, 2003) and family-based programmes (Farrington and Welsh, 2003).”
Effectiveness of school-based programs to reduce bullying: a systematic and meta-analytic review (2011, background): “Several researchers (e.g., Farrington and Welsh 2003; Weisburd 1993) have found a negative relationship between effect size and sample size.”