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Peer reviewedBishop, Donna M.; And Others – Crime and Delinquency, 1996
Compares the recidivism of 2,738 juveniles who were transferred to criminal court in Florida in 1987 to that of a matched sample retained in the juvenile system. By every measure of recidivism employed, including rates of reoffending, seriousness of reoffending, and time to failure, reoffending was greater among transfers than the matched…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Rehabilitation, Court Litigation, Crime
Carter, James D. – 1979
In an effort to assess program effectiveness, demographic data derived from institutional records on 161 emotionally troubled youth having participated in the Eckerd Wilderness Program were analyzed in terms of interview data derived from a sample of 27 males and 22 females enrolled in the Eckerd camps March 1, 1968-December 31, 1971. The static…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Camping, Cooperative Planning, Correctional Rehabilitation
Carter, James D. – 1979
In an effort to assess program effectiveness, demographic data derived from institutional records on 335 emotionally troubled youth who had participated in the Eckerd Wilderness Program were analyzed in terms of interview data derived from a random sample (32 males and 32 females) of youth enrolled in the Eckerd camps March 1, 1968- December 31,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Camping, Cooperative Planning, Correctional Rehabilitation
