Research has shown that current legal policies of transfer of juveniles to adult court, harsh sentences, and intimidating educational programs do not 5 deter youthful crime. This study reports on a nonconfrontational pilot education program in the US juvenile justice system. In three urban high schools, an eight-week researcher-designed curriculum was delivered to three intervention classes totaling 125 at-risk students and three control classes totaling 100 at-risk students. Teachers in both groups administered 10 pretest and posttest surveys. Descriptive statistics showed substantial knowledge gains for the intervention group, from 14.2 to 35.7% in all subdomains, and −7.2 to 21.4% gains for the control group. Chi-square analysis showed t...
Contemporary concerns about youth violence and related legislative reforms have resulted in greater ...
While the use of criminal justice courses and law-related education programs have been shown to serv...
Juvenile delinquency has become a serious problem within the United States. Since 1960, according to...
According to the National Center for Juvenile Justice, an average of 71,000 adolescents reside in ju...
Although juvenile crime rates have been decreasing rapidly in the last three decades, 2,805 children...
Juvenile incarceration has been a prevalent problem in the United States Criminal Justice System. On...
Targeted Audience: Classroom Teachers, School Administrators, Counselors, Social Workers, Behavior S...
Manycontemporary criminal justice policiesin the United States are characterized by a punitive appro...
Crime in the United States has risen at an alarming rate in the last few years and along with it, ju...
This article considers the role of the district attorney as a catalyst for aggressive school-based e...
Legal reforms over the past generation have transformed juvenile crime regulation from a system that...
This chapter discusses the research on the general and specific deterrent effects of transferring ju...
This is a longitudinal study on the effect of LA’s BEST on educational attainment and juvenile crime...
Concerned professionals in the juvenile justice field frequently express concern for effective progr...
Network researchers examine whether the prosecution of adolescents as adults reduces crime and recit...
Contemporary concerns about youth violence and related legislative reforms have resulted in greater ...
While the use of criminal justice courses and law-related education programs have been shown to serv...
Juvenile delinquency has become a serious problem within the United States. Since 1960, according to...
According to the National Center for Juvenile Justice, an average of 71,000 adolescents reside in ju...
Although juvenile crime rates have been decreasing rapidly in the last three decades, 2,805 children...
Juvenile incarceration has been a prevalent problem in the United States Criminal Justice System. On...
Targeted Audience: Classroom Teachers, School Administrators, Counselors, Social Workers, Behavior S...
Manycontemporary criminal justice policiesin the United States are characterized by a punitive appro...
Crime in the United States has risen at an alarming rate in the last few years and along with it, ju...
This article considers the role of the district attorney as a catalyst for aggressive school-based e...
Legal reforms over the past generation have transformed juvenile crime regulation from a system that...
This chapter discusses the research on the general and specific deterrent effects of transferring ju...
This is a longitudinal study on the effect of LA’s BEST on educational attainment and juvenile crime...
Concerned professionals in the juvenile justice field frequently express concern for effective progr...
Network researchers examine whether the prosecution of adolescents as adults reduces crime and recit...
Contemporary concerns about youth violence and related legislative reforms have resulted in greater ...
While the use of criminal justice courses and law-related education programs have been shown to serv...
Juvenile delinquency has become a serious problem within the United States. Since 1960, according to...