Many violent teenagers in England end up in community homes, which the author feels are no better equipped to cope with disturbed children than the conventional school. (GB)

The sixth part of a 10-part series, this report was compiled by the Educational Development Center at Wilkes College. The series deals with various aspects of the treatment of delinquents and is intended as a summary of research findings in each of the areas treated. Each report was prepared by a scholar-practitioner and is presented in a way that…

Examines how adults can build attachments to "unclaimed kids", kids that typically develop internal models of themselves as unworthy and unlovable. Contrary to popular belief, it is not "broken families" that cause delinquency, but rather broken bonds between youth and adults. Rekindling an adult relationship, though difficult, may be a solution…

Review of 40 attempts at prevention of juvenille delinquency shows none has successfully prevented delinquency. The authors' recommendations include separation of implementation and evaluation, enrichment or abandonment of the individual treatment approach, diversification of evaluative measures, and greater sensitivity to the rights of the…

New Jersey's $1 million Grant Program to Reduce Student Disruption in Schools is intended to provide resources to individual school districts or groups of cooperating districts for developing and implementing programs for chronically disruptive students, and thereby to identify models to make available to other districts throughout the state. Out…

Eighteen papers consider the antisocial child. The genesis of his behavior is discussed in terms of psychopathic personality trends, acting out, and sexual disorders; emotional factors in the use of authority and the contribution of controls to corrective learning are described. Efforts at psychiatric treatment are reviewed with reference to…

The Center for Youth Development and Research called a conference on April 13, 1970 at the University of Minnesota to discuss the present treatment of juvenile offenders and future approaches to working with delinquents. The participants represented diverse backgrounds and included corrections personnel, juvenile court judges, former offenders,…

This paper reviews the literature on the secondary prevention of delinquency, examining the commonalities that characterize successful programs. The first part reviews standard approaches to secondary prevention of delinquency, such as diversion of responsibility for delinquents from the juvenile justice system to family, school and…