effect of behavioural family therapy on behaviour correction and recidivism rate of delinquents in Ahvaz, Iran

Behavioural family therapy was successfully applied in the treatment of delinquency with age and socio economic status being the mediating variables. The sample, n=124 from Ahvaz Correction Centre comprised of three subgroups involved with stealing, wickedness and sexual crimes. The study assessed the treatment effects on the subjects' school adaptation, drug abuse tendency and recidivism rate. Results indicated a significant difference between the experimental and control groups among the three variables. Nevertheless, all the subgroups were affected by the intervention regardless of the type of the crime.