Impact of crime (IOC) interventions are delivered to justice-involved populations to increase sensitivity to and awareness of the harm experienced by crime victims. Such programs are common, but empirical evaluations have been rare. This study addressed that gap by evaluating an IOC intervention used with residential youth in Florida. The study focused on two questions. First, did IOC participants experience improvement on key outcomes? Second, was improvement affected by key individual qualities of youth? Pre- and post-intervention survey data were collected for 419 IOC participants on five outcomes: Sensitivity to victim impact, willingness to take responsibility, antisocial thinking, readiness to make life changes, and factual awareness of victim impact. The analysis revealed that all five outcomes were marked by significant pre-to-post improvements. There was individual variation, with some youth showing substantial improvement and others showing modest improvement or iatrogenic effects. This pattern included modest evidence of greater improvement among those with extensive prior offending and lower improvement among Black youth. We conclude by describing the implications of these findings for the policy and practice of juvenile correctional treatment.

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了解并关心犯罪对受害者的影响：对参与司法的青少年的干预结果


向涉及司法的人群提供犯罪影响 （IOC） 干预措施，以提高对犯罪受害者所遭受伤害的敏感性和认识。这样的程序很常见，但实证评估很少见。本研究通过评估对佛罗里达州寄宿青年使用的 IOC 干预措施来解决这一差距。该研究侧重于两个问题。首先，IOC 参与者在关键结果方面是否有所改善？其次，进步是否受到青年关键个人品质的影响？为 419 名 IOC 参与者收集了干预前后的调查数据，涉及五个结果：对受害者影响的敏感性、承担责任的意愿、反社会思维、改变生活的准备情况以及对受害者影响的事实认识。分析显示，所有 5 个结局都以显著的前后改进为标志。存在个体差异，一些青少年表现出实质性改善，而另一些青年则表现出适度的改善或医源性影响。这种模式包括适度的证据表明，有广泛犯罪史的人有更大的改善，而黑人青年的改善较低。最后，我们描述了这些发现对青少年管教治疗政策和实践的影响。