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Proficiency in Basic Educational Skills as Related to Program Outcome and Escape Risk among Juvenile Offenders in Residential Treatment

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McMackin, Robert A.; Tansi, Robert; Hartwell, Stephanie – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2005

This study examined the relationship of basic educational skills in Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension and Math to program outcome and escape risk among male juvenile offenders in residential care. The records of 144 youth who were treated in a residential treatment center between 1978 and 1996 were reviewed along with subsequent adult and juvenile…

Descriptors: Residential Care, Reading Comprehension, Recidivism, Mathematics Skills