Download full textERIC Number: ED600319
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Jan
Pages: 18
Abstractor: ERIC
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Education for Youth under Formal Supervision of the Juvenile Justice System. Literature Review: A Product of the Model Programs Guide
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
This literature review discusses the intersection of the educational and the juvenile justice systems. Specifically, it outlines the academic characteristics and challenges of youth in the juvenile justice system (including those in detention and long-term secure residential facilities, and under probation supervision) and interventions aimed at improving educational outcomes for this high-risk population.
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Barriers, Correctional Institutions, Law Enforcement, Intervention, At Risk Persons, Supervision, Outcomes of Education, Special Education, Intelligence Quotient, Academic Achievement, Disabilities, Enrollment, Truancy, Grade Repetition, Attendance, Nontraditional Education, Expulsion, Educational Quality, Screening Tests
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. 810 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20531. Tel: 202-307-5911; Web site: http://www.ojjdp.gov
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: US Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP); Development Services Group, Inc.
Grant or Contract Numbers: 2013JFFXK002
