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Tornquist, Elizabeth – New South, 1971
Descriptors: Correctional Rehabilitation, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Institutionalized Persons, Rehabilitation Programs
Download full textJohnson, James H., Jr.; Farrell, Walter C., Jr.; Braithwaite, Lawrence P. – 2001
This paper describes a state-funded inmate education and re-entry program that provides soft skills training for soon-to-be released offenders. The paper presents preliminary evidence regarding the impact of this training on 14 young male participants. Data came from information prepared by inmates throughout the training program and ethnographic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Blacks, Consciousness Raising
Boyles, Al – 1987
This manual provides information for volunteers with the North Carolina Division of Youth Services. It describes the Division's history in developing correctional facilities, its philosophy and goals, and the administration of its training schools and detention centers. It cites examples of volunteer involvement in the areas of administrative and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation
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Direct linkSchwalbe, Craig S.; Fraser, Mark W.; Day, Steven H.; Arnold, Elizabeth Mayfield – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2004
Actuarial risk assessment instruments are used increasingly in juvenile justice to classify youths according to their risk of recidivism. The purpose of this article is to describe the results of two studies of one instrument: the North Carolina Assessment of Risk (NCAR). In the first study, the inter-rater reliability of the risk assessment…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Predictive Validity, Interrater Reliability, Program Effectiveness
Brandes, Paul D.; Frazier, Michael – 1976
The communication course presented in this document was developed as it was being offered at correctional centers throughout North Carolina from the fall of 1971 through the spring of 1976. The document contains 12 "encounters," or lessons, each of which discusses behavioral objectives, physical facilities, general advice, the time…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Communication Problems, Communication (Thought Transfer), Correctional Education
Urbanik, Richard – 1980
The North Carolina Department of Correction, Division of Prisons, provides two deinstitutionalization services for mentally retarded, incarcerated offenders. These projects, funded by monies provided by the Council on Developmental Disabilities, serve mentally retarded youthful offenders (age 17-21) and retarded female offenders regardless of age.…
Descriptors: Adults, Counseling Services, Counselor Role, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
Webb, Harold H. – 1970
This evaluation attempts to measure the extent and effectiveness of ESEA Title I programs designed to meet the needs of disadvantaged children and apprizes the public and the legislature of program outcomes. In keeping with USOE requirements for evaluating Title I programs, this document is constructed of (1) responses to USOE probes by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Support Programs. – 1988
This report reviews Chapter 1 programs in North Carolina during 1986-87. Data are provided on the following topics: (1) program administration; (2) Chapter 1 programs in local education agencies; (3) program participants; (4) instruction; (5) staff; (6) expenditures; (7) training; (8) parent involvement; (9) student achievement; (10) evaluation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Educationally Disadvantaged
Edwards, Wanda Rushing; Carr, Edward G., Jr. – 1983
Arranged in five chapters, this supplementary resource for junior high students contains information on the history, practical applications, and social consequences of the law. In chapter 1, students are introduced to the origin of laws through examination of a fable, the relationship between government and laws, types of laws, and law…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Role
