The second 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…

THE IDEA OF A "BORN CRIMINAL" OR A CLASS OF CRIMINALS IS ERRONEOUS. SOME CITIZENS MAINTAIN THIS ATTITUDE AND THEREFORE LACK COMMUNITY CONCERN OR INVOLVEMENT, THEREBY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF RESOURCES AND COOPERATING COMMUNITY UNITS THAT A PROBATION OFFICER CAN DRAW ON. ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH RESOURCES IS THAT, EVEN WHERE THEY DO EXIST, THEY…

To provide a general overview of the Youth Conservation Camp environment and the differences and similarities among camps due to selective assignment and the "weeding-out" process, a review was made of four main camps operated by the California Youth Authority and the California Division of Forestry. An analysis of the major personal and…

This paper examines some of the problems associated with institutionalizing delinquent children and concludes with a proposal to abolish the training school system as practiced in Ontario. (MJB)

Describes goals of the Robert F. Kennedy Youth Center (KYC) and the philosophical stance and the implementation of that philosophy within the center. Issues discussed range from administrative structure through descriptions of inmate classification and treatment. Educational and vocational programs as well as the token economy systems are…

A community-based day treatment program for adjudicated youth is described. Participants report improved school attendance and fewer incidences of running away, acting out, talking back, and other problems. (BL)

Analyzes paradoxical instruction (prescribing the symptom) and reframing as strategies used to minimize resistance of three delinquent youths during treatment. Results indicated that the intervention produced significant improvements in the clients' school attendance and academic performance which were sustained through subsequent reinforcement.…

Describes a delinquency prevention program where young boys were taken to jail following minor law offenses. With a counselor, they talked to police and prisoners about what it was like to be in jail. None of the 19 children who participated committed any serious crimes in the six years since the program began. (JAC)

That's what's in store for youth at the Kansas Boys Industrial School, thanks to an innovative residential treatment program. (Editor)

Examines the closing of the Massachusetts public training schools, using it as a successful example of public policy termination. Describes how the barriers to policy termination were overcome and the replacement policy was consolidated, and evaluates the termination tactics and the new policy. Available from Elsevier Scientific Publishing…

Suggestions for teaching selected life skills to adult and juvenile offenders are presented in this document. The general purpose of life skills programming is to help persons live more successfully and to function better in their multiple roles as members of a family, community, and workforce. Life skills training is treated as an educational…

A study of 101 home visits to 87 boys and their families in Massachusetts at the Shirley Industrial School for Boys concludes that boys from supportive families made greater progress in rehabilitation. A supportiveness'' continuum assessed family harmony and parental childrearing attitudes, parole office rankings, and researcher family…

A sociologist who founded a college program at San Quentin traces the growth of education in American prisons. Today prisoners and colleges are partners in a vast program with far-reaching implications for the correctional process. (Editor)

Therapeutic techniques based on guided group interaction are being used widely in Kentucky institutions in the treatment of juvenile delinquents. The peer group plays a key role as the catalyst for change. (Author)

Questions the availability to juveniles of protection from double jeopardy in State juvenile proceedings. (JF)