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Direct linkAmeen, Edward J.; Lee, Debbiesiu L. – Career Development Quarterly, 2012
Given high recidivism rates and the vulnerability of detained youth, the authors posit that juvenile detention centers may be most efficacious by serving as both place and process to create career opportunity through vocational training. The authors review the psychosocial factors contributing to delinquency and the primary theories of…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Vocational Education, Program Implementation, Youth
Download full textWilliams, Meghan, Ed.; Price, Jennifer M., Ed. – Child Welfare League of America (NJ1), 2008
This issue of "The Link" newsletter contains the following articles: (1) Convention on the Rights of the Child and Juvenile Justice (Jenni Gainborough and Elisabeth Lean); and (2) ABA (American Bar Association) Policy and Report on Crossover and Dual Jurisdiction Youth. Director's Message, Policy Update information and News/Resources are…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Child Welfare, Delinquency, Correctional Institutions
DOWNEY, JOHN J. – 1963
DETENTION IS DEFINED AS THE TEMPORARY CARE OF CHILDREN WHO REQUIRE SECURE CUSTODY FOR THEIR OWN OR THE COMMUNITY'S PROTECTION, PENDING COURT DISPOSITION. THE DOCUMENT STATES THAT JAIL DETENTION OF CHILDREN, THE PREVALENT RECOURSE, IS DEMORALIZING, UNFIT, AND OFTEN UNNECESSARY. NEEDS ARE STATED TO INCLUDE (1) ADEQUATE PROBATION SERVICES, (2)…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Probation Officers
Hudson, C. H. – 1973
This study was designed to assess whether randomly selected male and female parolees could do as well without formal parole supervision as under conventional parole supervision. In addition, the kind and amount of help sought out and received within the community by the respective experimental and control group subjects was examined. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Community Role, Correctional Institutions
Lauen, Roger J. – 1976
The Youth Advocacy Projects of the Teacher Corps are those that deal with the educational needs and ways of responding to the needs of criminal offenders. The program involves two-year programs for teacher training and utilization. The number and scope of these projects, originally called Corrections Projects, is outlined and illustrated. The six…
Descriptors: Community Relations, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Criminals
Dell'Apa, Frank
The introduction to the survey of educational programs for juvenile offenders in correctional institutions briefly outlines the educational problems and priorities in the prison setting. Chapter one discusses the history of such programs over the last 150 years, especially considering the use and biases of intelligence tests during the last 50…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation
