Case Study: Annsville Youth Centers

The first study that implemented this program took place at the Annsville Youth Center, in New York (Goldstein, 4). The study was conducted on 60 youths, in which a small group (24) received the intervention in ART, the second group (24) were given a “brief discussion” this allowed for Goldstein and his colleagues, to see if the children had the skills in them, but were just not using them, and the last group (12) received no intervention or instructions (Goldstein, 4). The goal of the study was to see how effective ART was in the center, “ it looked at skill acquisition, minimal skill transfer, extended skill transfer, anger control enhancement, and impulsive reduction” (Goldstein, 4). At the end of the 10-week study, the children that under …show more content…
The two facilities that Goldstein worked with were in Brooklyn; they were the Brownsville Neighborhood Community Youth Action Center and Youth D.A.R.E.S (dynamic alternatives for rehabilitation through educational services) (Goldstein, 11). Focusing on members in the same gang Goldstein conducted three 4-month sequences of ART” to the gang members, with 6 gangs attending the ART program, and 6 gangs only receiving the education from the center in which they were” (Goldstein, 11). The results in this case showed no differences in the child’s aggression, for those attending ART, but the youth who attended ART, showed great results of leaving the gang and becoming employed and recidivism rates were down to (13%) compared to those who didn’t attend ART (52%) (Goldstein, …show more content…
The percentages may not be as high as some other intervention programs, such as GREAT, but the results are still positive. According to Roth, the best way to ensure the positive results in the future, is to continue to do research and make changes to the program that fit the needs of the changing society (Roth, 4), this will ensure the program continues to help with aggression in youth and adults around the