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Download full textMulvey, Edward P.; Brodsky, Anne E. – 1990
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…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems
California State Board of Corrections, Sacramento. – 1987
A study examined the physical ability requirements for entry-level corrections officers in the California. The study, which was undertaken at the request of the California Board of Corrections, had the following objectives: statewide job analysis of the requirements of three entry-level positions in county agencies--corrections officer, probation…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Employment Practices
Nye, F. Ivan – 1981
The revelation that three-quarters of a million adolescents leave home without permission each year has received national attention. Yet most lay persons and many professionals know little about the problem. A review of the professional literature on runaways shows an almost equal division between males and females who are more likely to be from…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Delinquency Causes, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Watson, John A. – 1977
The 4 Eckerd Wilderness camps are designed to rehabilitate the delinquent, emotionally problemed child between 8 and 14 years of age. Through a contract between the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services and the Eckerd Foundation, the camps provide specialized services to 105 youths per year with budgeting for an average length…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Elementary Secondary Education
DENTLER, ROBERT A. – 1964
THE PROBLEM OF THE HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT IS PRESENTED. GOVERNMENT AND MASS MEDIA HAVE INVESTIGATED POTENTIAL DROPOUTS AND ENCOURAGED DROPOUTS TO RETURN TO SCHOOL. IN RECENT YEARS VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL OF STUDENTS FROM HIGH SCHOOL HAS DECLINED FROM 70 PERCENT IN 1920 TO 25 PERCENT 1960. A LEVELING OFF AT 15 PERCENT SHOULD OCCUR BY 1975. RECURRENT…
Descriptors: Delinquent Rehabilitation, Dropouts, Educationally Disadvantaged, Ethnic Grouping
ZIVAN, MORTON; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE PROJECT AIMED TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM INTEGRATED WITH OTHER TREATMENT SERVICES AND IDENTIFY THE MAJOR FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH COMMUNITY AND VOCATIONAL ADJUSTMENT AND MALADJUSTMENT. THE STUDY POPULATION INCLUDED (1) AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 68 BOYS WHO RECEIVED THE FULL RANGE OF THE PROJECT IN-CARE AND…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Delinquency
TOWNSEND, ALAIR A. – 1965
AN ANALYSIS OF 245 UNITED STATES PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS FOR DELINQUENT CHILDREN FOR FISCAL YEAR JULY 1963 TO JUNE 1964 PROVIDES DATA ON NUMBERS OF CHILDREN IN PUBLIC TRAINING SCHOOLS, NUMBERS OF CHILDREN COMMITTED AND DISCHARGED, SEX OF CHILDREN, RETURNEES, RUNAWAYS, LENGTH OF STAY, INSTITUTION CAPACITY, AND OCCUPANCY RATE. PER CAPITA OPERATING…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Correctional Institutions, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Redl, Fritz – 1966
Espousing an interdisciplinary approach, the book contains selected writings, lectures, and speeches concerning clinical work with disturbed children and adolescents in institutional settings. Editorial comment introduces each of the following sections: a survey of the current status of the children's field both clinically and educationally; a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Children
Briscoe, Cecil D. – 1978
One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter maintains that young persons whose behavior patterns have been consistently outside the range of acceptability in a community face the same problems as do deviant adults. School personnel are often reluctant to cope with the proven behavior problems because the…
Descriptors: Delinquent Behavior, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
Saint Louis Public Schools, MO. – 1974
Volume II of the St. Louis Public Schools evaluation report on programs, projects, services, and activities funded in whole or in part under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I is organized into two parts, each focusing on one component. Component Five, 'Non-public Schools, services and projects' serviced 18 Catholic and 5 Lutheran schools.…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Instructional Materials, Instructional Programs
Turner, W. E.; And Others – 1971
Wichita's activities funded under ESEA Title I, designed to improve educational opportunities for its disadvantaged youth, began in the spring of 1966. The major thrust has been in the area of corrective reading and other programs designed to promote language development. Integration policies using busing prevented the concentration of funds on…
Descriptors: Art Education, Compensatory Education, Counseling Services, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Hughes, John F. – 1967
The needs and deficiencies of institutions for neglected and delinquent children are elaborated. Limited staff and resources preclude the provision of the special instruction and services needed for this youthful population. This report explains the 1966 Title I amendment, under which children living in state and local institutions became eligible…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Services, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Lemert, Edwin M. – 1971
This monograph is an effort to develop a series of models for diverting children and youth away from juvenile courts, so that their problems which otherwise would be dealt with in a context of delinquency and official action will be defined and handled by other means. It is premised on the idea that an excessive number of children are being…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Role, Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention
Rulo, Joseph H.; Zemel, David M. – VocEd, 1978
The Youth Opportunities Unlimited (Y.O.U.) program, operated by the St. Louis County Juvenile Court, Clayton, Missouri, provides career orientation and counseling, high school equivalency and remedial education, and placement and follow-up to deliquent school dropouts age sixteen and older. Community organizations help to promote client status…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Planning, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Dropout Programs
Little, Sara S.; DiSano, David – 2000
This paper presents a two-part study first undertaken in a juvenile detention facility in the Northeast in order to assess the need for programs to increase self-esteem within the facility. In the first part of the study, a self esteem inventory was administered to incarcerated males aged 14-19. In the second part, the inventory was administered…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Blacks, Correctional Institutions, Delinquency
