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Download full textHowell, James C. – Juvenile Justice Bulletin, 1998
This bulletin provides an overview of the problems that youth gangs pose. It pinpoints the differences between youth gangs and adult criminal organizations and examines the risk factors that lead to youth gang membership. Some promising strategies being used to curb youth gang involvement are reviewed. The proliferation of youth gangs since 1980…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Juvenile Gangs, Juvenile Justice, Peer Groups
McEvoy, Alan; Erickson, Edsel; Randolph, Norman – School Intervention Report, 1997
This issue of the "School Intervention Report" contains a reprint from the "Youth Gangs: Guidelines for Educators and Community Youth Leaders." The juvenile gang has the power to motivate, direct, and positively sanction violence by its members. In examining the power of the gang to amplify violent conduct, there are at least three sets of causes…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Change, Community Programs, Delinquency
Thornberry, Terence P.; Burch, James H., II – Juvenile Justice Bulletin, 1997
Teams at several universities collaborated in studies of the Causes and Correlates of Delinquency program in three cities. This bulletin presents the findings from the Rochester (New York) Youth Development Study (RYDS) concerning the contributions of youth gang membership to delinquency. The RYDS started with a sample of 1,000 boys and girls in…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Intervention, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
Westcott, Warren, Ed.; Westcott, Holly Ed. – Carolina English Teacher, 1994
This journal contains a wide ranging collection of articles on teaching English at all levels. Articles include: "Why Can't My Students Do It My Way?" (Thomas C. Thompson); "The First Step Is Fluency: An Interview with Richard Marius" (Carroll Viera); "Teaching Writing: The Dilemma" (Janet Sanner); "Teaching…
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, Childrens Literature, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 24 titles deal with the following topics: (1) the composing process and modes of invention; (2) methods of teaching composition in various integrated programs; (3) writing in peer groups; (4) holistic invention; (5) computer…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research
Peer reviewedWebb, Noreen M., Ed. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1989
Current thinking of researchers from different disciplines about interaction among students in educational settings and the potential of peer interaction for learning and cognitive development is discussed. Topics of the eight papers presented include: potential outcomes of peer interaction, its nature, peer learning settings, and factors shaping…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Collaborative Writing, Cooperative Learning
