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LaCoste, Linda D. – 1989
A high percentage of youths adjudicated by juvenile courts show neurodevelopmental abnormalities and suffer from significant learning problems and academic underachievement. Judges, lawyers, and those involved in the delivery system of the courts exhibit a lack of knowledge about students' school histories and psychological evaluations. This…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders, Court Judges, Court Litigation
Dodge, Kenneth A.; Dishion, Thomas J.; Lansford, Jennifer E. – Society for Research in Child Development, 2006
The problem is well known to every parent of a teenager, every high school teacher, every clinical practitioner, and every social policy maker: vulnerable adolescents risk becoming more deviant through association with deviant peers and peer groups. Deviant peer influences are among the most potent factors in the development of antisocial…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Adolescents, Peer Groups, Program Effectiveness