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Richard Dembo
Richard Dembo, PhD, USA, has a long history, beginning in the mid-1980s, collaborating with juvenile justice and community service agencies in the states of Florida and Kansas, which resulted in numerous publications and two books. His projects include screening and assessment, and a longitudinal study, of detained youth; evaluation of diversion programs; developing, implementing, and evaluating a Family Empowerment Intervention; developing, implementing and evaluating an intensive case management service for diversion youth; implementing and evaluating a Brief Intervention for drug using youth involved in drug court and among truant youth. Dr. Dembo has been instrumental in obtaining millions of dollars in federal, state and local funds for the University of South Florida and the Tampa Bay area for various research and service delivery projects addressing the needs of high risk youth, their families, and their surrounding communities.