The juvenile justice system is exploring alternatives to the use of secure facilities as a means of juvenile crime control. Some of these alternatives are known as diversion programs. This bulletin offers an overview of the diversion programs and evaluation findings from the Detention Diversion Advocacy Project (DDAP), a disposition case advocacy…

In the early part of 1999, the Institute for Children and Poverty surveyed almost 2,000 families with more than 4,000 children in 24 locations to assess the state of homeless children across the United States. This report tells their story. Families account for almost 40% of U.S. homeless people, and in some cities that percentage is even higher.…

This publication presents an annotated list of books, videotapes, magazines, journals, conferences, training opportunities, and organizations related to the topic of urban youth ministry. Resources specifically geared toward urban youth ministry are marked. For each listing, the publication provides the name, contact person, address and telephone…

The potential of the new social studies is seen as helping teachers in the inner-city in guiding students to utilize an analytical process in problem solving and establishing a classroom atmosphere fostering the process of critical inquiry. (Author/KM)

According to this study, college freshmen as compared with college sophomores tend to have higher dominance and endurance needs, though their consistency scores were somewhat lower. Freshmen seem to have a greater need to influence and control the behavior of others and a greater need for hard work. Results of this study suggest that further…

An experimental procedure to increase children's rate of hand-raising is reported. The procedure was tired with 240 grade school children and is held to be effective. (DM)

This study indicates that ninth grade students of low motivation have stronger concerns about many aspects of work than do their higher motivated counterparts. Consequently, lower motivated students merit and have great need of educational and vocational counseling. (Author)

Reports a series of urban-centered encounters which helped some New York City children become aware of the processes that shape their environment and the earth. (WY)

Physical, neurodevelopmental, psychoeducational, and child history characteristics were analyzed in 116 second-grade, inner-city children identified as good and poor readers. Ss were basically healthy with few findings of physical or neurological abnormalities, despite significant group differences in the prevalence of "soft signs" and in all…

Urban education is working and will continue to work if budgetary problems are resolved. Urban schools can and will succeed if less emphasis is put on negative issues, such as crime. (CJ)

The effects of videotape exposure to a punished model on children's toy play were studied. Three levels of prohibition were used. Children who saw the videotape maintained their inhibitions over time and generalized them to an unfamiliar adult, while kindergartners who only received strong prohibitions did not. (Author/RD)

The relationship between each of several dimensions of the expectancies of fifth through eighth grade black urban pupils and their school achievement was examined. While anticipated differentiation on racial items was not seen, two important factors were found: general personal efficacy and interpersonal control. (Author/JKS)