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Download full textFatum, Wm. Roger – 1987
Project OPTION (Offenders Preventing Trouble in Our Neighborhoods) is a peer leadership delinquency prevention program developed at the Jamesburg Training Schools for Boys, a New Jersey Correctional Facility. This program develops incarcerated youths into peer leaders through counseling and educational programs. These peer leaders help public and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Communication Skills, Correctional Institutions, Crime
Osgood, D. Wayne; And Others – 1982
Some evaluations have concluded that diversion programs for juvenile offenders (programs intended as community-based alternatives to formal justice dispositions) reduce recidivism only among youths with the least serious offense histories. To investigate the relationship of offense history to program effectiveness, three diversion programs were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Background, Crime, Delinquent Behavior
Thorsborne, Margaret – 1996
Community Accountability Conferencing (CAC) was first introduced in Queensland, Australia schools in early 1994 after a serious assault in the school community. Some family members, students, and staff were dissatisfied with the solution of suspending the offenders. Seeking an alternative, comprehensive intervention strategy, the school community…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories
