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Davis, Robert; Rabinovich, Lila; Rubin, Jennifer; Kilmer, Beau; Heaton, Paul – RAND Corporation, 2008
The U.K. National Audit Office (NAO) commissioned RAND Europe to conduct this review to identify and synthesize international research about the effectiveness of community orders in reducing re-offending. In this report, we review research on ten of the common requirements contained in community orders. Through examining reviews, systematic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Community Programs, Criminals
Davis, Robert; Rabinovich, Lila; Rubin, Jennifer; Kilmer, Beau; Heaton, Paul – RAND Corporation, 2008
The U.K. National Audit Office (NAO) commissioned RAND Europe to conduct this review to identify and synthesize international research about the effectiveness of community orders in reducing re-offending. In this report, we review research on ten of the common requirements contained in community orders. Through examining reviews, systematic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Community Programs, Criminals
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Olczak, Paul V.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Cited controversy in the literature to illustrate that the failure to replicate research findings and develop successful rehabilitation programs for juvenile offenders is due to methodological imprecision. Discussed this in light of recent "right to treatment" legislation and proposed a model for specifying the characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Models
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Cunningham, Wm. Scott; Duffee, David E.; Huang, Yufan; Steinke, Camela M.; Naccarato, Toni – Research on Social Work Practice, 2009
Objective: This study describes the development of an engagement scale for use with youth in residential treatment centers. Engagement includes attitude about treatment, bond with providers, and participation in treatment activities. Method: Interview data were collected at the midpoint in residence of 130 youth in two centers. Items were selected…
Descriptors: Residential Programs, Content Validity, Factor Analysis, Logical Thinking
Breed, Allen F. – Parks and Recreation, 1974
This is an account of a trip to the Mojave Desert sponsored by the California Youth Authority's Community Parole Center for wards who are selected on the basis of their potential for growth and their ability to make a connection between what they do in the wilderness and what they do on the streets. (PD)
Descriptors: Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Recidivism, Recreation
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Kratcoski, Peter C. – Child Welfare, 1974
A research survey of court records of female juvenile delinquents, including types of offenses, family characteristics, places of residence, and disposition of cases. Differential treatment of delinquent girls and boys is examined. (DP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Females
Robinson, Sugar Ray – Parks and Recreation, 1974
This article describes the philosophy and activities of Sugar Ray's Youth Foundation, which provides positive alternatives for juvenile delinquents. (PD)
Descriptors: Athletics, Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Grob, Harry E., Jr.; Van Doren, Eric E. – Children, 1969
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Males
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Bayh, Birch – American Scholar, 1971
An address given July 12, 1971 to the National Council of Juvenile Court Judges. (Author)
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Juvenile Courts
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Lievano, Jaime – Adolescence, 1970
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Group Therapy
Konopka, Gisela – Soc Work, 1970
This article sets forth a model for institutional treatment of juvenile offenders that is community based, involves the delinquent in his own fate, increases his self respect, and allows him to experience positive human relations. Presented at University of Utah, March 1969. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Institutionalized Persons
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Wellford, Charles F. – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1983
Discusses the improvement in the ability to predict chronic offenders and in programs designed to respond to the problems that chronic offenders have with their families, school, and peers. (JOW)
Descriptors: Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Identification
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Ruhland, David. J; And Others – Youth and Society, 1982
Examines the deterrent effects of imposing juvenile versus adult status on youth offenders. Sugqests that, because the adult law enforcement system may be reluctant to handle younger delinquents as harshly as older youth, adult status can serve as a deterrent to juvenile crime only for youth aged 17 or older. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Punishment
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Brendtro, Larry K. – Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-based Interventions, 2005
In this article, the author recalls many acts of school violence. He states that while the dramatic school killings at Colorado's Columbine High School in 1999 and at Minnesota's Red Lake Reservation in 2005 were tragic, the most horrific school violence in history, measured by loss of life, occurred nearly a half century ago at Our Lady of the…
Descriptors: Males, Violence, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation
White, Andrew; Hemphill, Clara; Hurley, Kendra – Center for an Urban Future, 2009
In the wake of a U.S. Justice Department investigation that found widespread use of excessive force by staff at upstate psychiatric care facilities for mentally ill children, this new edition of Child Welfare Watch identifies shortcomings in mental health services and explores possible solutions, including the expansion of alternatives to…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice
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