Book Club Goes to Jail: Can Book Clubs Replace Gangs?.

Hill, Margaret H.; Van Horn, Leigh

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ERIC Number: EJ515887

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Publication Date: 1995

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Book Club Goes to Jail: Can Book Clubs Replace Gangs?

Hill, Margaret H.; Van Horn, Leigh

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v39 n3 p180-88 Nov 1995

Describes how students in a juvenile detention center became deeply involved in reading through Book Club, which offered them identity, established an environment for peer approval and recognition, and gave them a chance to excel. (SR)

Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Delinquency, High Risk Students, Juvenile Gangs, Program Effectiveness, Reading Programs, Reading Research, Secondary Education

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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