Study: NCT05555472

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
Intervention: Halt-intervention
Description: The main aim of the Halt-intervention is to reduce the risk for reoffending. Seven sub-goals are implemented to work towards this main aim: (1) youths gain insight in (the consequences of) their behaviour; (2) strengthening youths' social skills; (3) youths are able take responsibility for the consequences of their behaviour; (4) victim-offender reconciliation; (5) youths are able to access support from own social network and, if necessary, access to formal support; (6) parents gain insight their child's behaviour; and (7) if youths complete the intervention, they do not receive a registration on their criminal record. With a compulsory screening and risk assessment at the start of the intervention, it is determined which sub-goals fit the adolescents' needs. The intervention gives Halt professionals the opportunity to identify adolescents (and families) in vulnerable circumstances and to guide them towards formal support, like youth care organisations or addiction treatment centres.

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Halt-intervention
Description: The main aim of the Halt-intervention is to reduce the risk for reoffending. Seven sub-goals are implemented to work towards this main aim: (1) youths gain insight in (the consequences of) their behaviour; (2) strengthening youths' social skills; (3) youths are able take responsibility for the consequences of their behaviour; (4) victim-offender reconciliation; (5) youths are able to access support from own social network and, if necessary, access to formal support; (6) parents gain insight their child's behaviour; and (7) if youths complete the intervention, they do not receive a registration on their criminal record. With a compulsory screening and risk assessment at the start of the intervention, it is determined which sub-goals fit the adolescents' needs. The intervention gives Halt professionals the opportunity to identify adolescents (and families) in vulnerable circumstances and to guide them towards formal support, like youth care organisations or addiction treatment centres.

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Youth Initiated Mentoring (YIM) approach
Description: The YIM approach focuses on strengthening naturally existing relationships between youth and non-parental adults within their own social network (Van Dam \& Schwartz, 2020). It stems from the idea it takes a village to raise a child (Educational Civil Society), which implies that other adults are co-responsible for the development of youth in their environment (Bowers et al., 2015). The YIM approach can be implemented in a formal context; expertise from the own social network is then combined with expertise from professionals (Van Dam \& Verhulst, 2018). Professionals support youth in identifying and positioning a YIM as part of a broader intervention (Van Dam \& Schwartz, 2020). Youths are responsible for asking their YIM and once agreed upon, the YIM is positioned. The YIM offers advice/support and plays a role during the intervention followed by the youth. Youth, parents, YIMs and professionals work together to set expectations and goals for the engagement of the YIM.