Summary Process and efficacy evaluation Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC)

Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) is a behavioural intervention for adolescents (12-17 years of age) with severe antisocial behaviour. One of the aims of the intervention is to decrease recidivism. It consists of intensive supervision within a foster family, in which adolescents receive social skills training.

Between 2012 and 2014, Regioplan conducted a study that was commissioned by the Research and Documentation Centre (WODC) of the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice, in which the development of a group of MTFC-participants was mapped out and compared with the development of participants in a juvenile correctional institution (JJI). The central question of the study was the extent to which the intervention is effective and adds value compared to usual care in a JJI. The intention was to measure the effectiveness of the intervention in terms of reduction of criminal recidivism, within a maximum of three years after the efficacy study.

The full text of the study is only available in Dutch. However, the summary is also available in English (see below).