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32 J. Offender Rehab. 1 (2000-2001)

handle is hein.journals/wjor32 and id is 1 raw text is: Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Vol. 32(1/2), 2000. Pp. 1-56. © 2000 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Psychosocial Functioning Among Juvenile Offenders 12 Months After Family Empowerment Intervention RICHARD DEMBO WILLIAM SEEBERGER MARINA SHEMWELL LAINE KLEIN MATTHEW ROLLIE KIMBERLY PACHECO JAMES SCHMEIDLER Mt. Sinai School of Medicine AMY HARTSFIELD University of South Florida WERNER WOTHKE Small Waters Corporation ABSTRACT We report the final results of a study of the impact of a Family Empowerment Intervention (FEI) on the one-year, post-initial in- terview psychosocial functioning of 272 youths processed at the Hillsbo- rough County Juvenile Assessment Center who entered the project be- tween September 1, 1994 and January 31, 1998. The FEl seeks to improve family functioning by empowering parents. Families involved in the project were randomly assigned to either receive an Extended Services Intervention