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Silverlake Experiment
The Silverlake Experiment grew out of the Provo Experiment, both of which were under the leadership of LaMar T. Empey. The Silverlake Experiment was a juvenile delinquency residential program operated in Los Angeles, California, from 1964 to1968, providing intensive supervision as a delinquency control strategy. The experiment was conducted for a period of three years, followed by an additional year in which follow-up data were collected.
Although this experiment operated on the same premise as the Provo Experiment, two basic changes were made in the program. First, the Silverlake Experiment took place in populous Los Angeles; thus the juveniles could not live at home and were required to attend daily group meetings, which were the major focus of the experiment. Second, as learned from the Provo ...
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