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Christian, Cinda; Garland, Marshall W.; McCracken, Kasey – Online Submission, 2008
This report summarizes evaluation results for AISD's federally-funded Title IV safe and drug-free schools program activities for the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 school years.
Descriptors: School Districts, Grants, Drug Abuse, Violence
McNamara, John; Vervaeke, Sherri-Leigh; Willoughby, Teena – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2008
Risk-taking behavior includes alcohol and drug use, delinquency, acts of aggression, sexual activity, and so on. Many studies have explored the relationship between adolescents and risk-taking behavior; however, only a few studies have examined this link in adolescents with learning disabilities (LD) or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Adolescents
Foster, Linda G. – NASSP Practitioner, 1994
This publication identifies five levels of gang activity in middle and high schools and presents corresponding strategies for dealing with troublesome situations. The five levels of involvement include: (1) no known gang activity; (2) limited gang activity; (3) emerging gang activity; (4) community in crisis; and (5) gang-controlled community. A…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Intervention, Juvenile Gangs, Middle Schools
William Gladden Foundation, York, PA. – 1989
This booklet was written to provide an understanding of aggression and violence in youth. Its purpose is to help parents, professionals, and other concerned citizens prevent or reduce these potentially dangerous behaviors. The introduction notes that many experts agree that aggression and violence are on the rise in America. The first section of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Child Behavior, Children
Lal, Shirley R.; And Others – 1993
This handbook shares some practical and conceptual knowledge about gangs in schools and suggests some strategies for coping with gang problems in schools. A radical approach is proposed which advocates assimilating gangs into the fabric of daily school life. The strategies were derived from two formal studies conducted from 1982 to 1990 on Los…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems, Educational Environment
American Bar Association, Chicago, IL. Special Committee on Youth Education for Citizenship. – 1992
This documents consists of a list by state of programs sponsored by the American Bar Association to teach law related education in correctional institutions and other juvenile justice settings. The directory lists 14 programs in institutional schools and diversion programs in 17 states. Under the diversion programs, first time or misdemeanor…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Juvenile Courts
Kaufer, Steve – 1994
This pamphlet highlights 99 tips for maintaining safe schools. Areas of interest include: alarm systems and control of access, vandalism, parent education, transportation, school design, personnel training, and graffiti. The majority of the pointers deal with maintaining and implementing various forms of electronic surveillance and strategies for…
Descriptors: Alarm Systems, Crime Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Juvenile Gangs
Thompson, Ronnie; Karr-Kidwell, PJ – 1994
Youth gangs are not a new phenomena in the United States; however, in the past decade the number of gang members has increased dramatically. Gang prevention-intervention programs are a necessary part of every school's curriculum. Students join gangs for a variety of reasons ranging from boredom to intent on criminal behavior. One characteristic…
Descriptors: Clothing, Delinquency, Drug Use, Elementary Secondary Education
Schwartz, Audrey J. – 1988
Although viable leadership models for schools with differing social contexts are in great demand, empirical studies of high school principals have not produced consistent results. This paper summarizes part of a larger project designed to identify leadership behaviors of principals in "gang-impacted" and other secondary schools. The…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, High Schools, Hispanic Americans, Juvenile Gangs
Ferber, Ellen – Amer Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Delinquent Rehabilitation, Disadvantaged Youth, Ghettos, Juvenile Gangs
Esbensen, Finn-Aage – US Department of Justice, 2004
The Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) program differs from typical efforts to reduce gang involvement in that the G.R.E.A.T. program does not target at-risk youth but rather targets its classroom-based program at all middle school students. The three main objectives of the 9-hour curriculum taught by uniformed officers are to:…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Middle School Students, Student Behavior
Figlio, David; Ludwig, Jens – 2000
This paper examines the effects of private schooling on adolescent nonmarket behaviors. Differences between private- and public-school students were controlled by making use of the rich set of covariates available with the Nation Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS) microdataset. An instrumental-variables strategy was also employed that exploits…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Catholic Schools, Drinking, Drug Use
Le, Binh P. – 1997
This bibliography is intended to fill the gap of available information on girl-only gangs as a twentieth-century phenomenon of the United States. Although the topic of girl-only gangs has gained national attention and research interest, the paper asserts no girl-only bibliographic tools are available to help locate information on the topic. The…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Bibliographies, Delinquency
McKinney, Kay – US Department of Justice, 2005
The concerns highlighted in this report were derived from a questionnaire sent to states and territories and reflect national as well as individual state and regional concerns about juvenile delinquency and crime. Although the wide ranging responses to the questionnaire made it clear that states and territories experience different problems, the…
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice, Delinquency Prevention, Youth Problems, Substance Abuse

Miller, Walter B. – Society, 1973
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Feminism, Juvenile Gangs