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Download full textSchool Intervention Report, 1999
Research into the characteristics of at-risk juveniles that contribute to violence and the patterns of behavior and neighborhood characteristics and patterns that are associated with youth violence or victimization are reviewed. The results of the studies reviewed cannot be generalized to the total population of juveniles, but the findings of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Behavior Patterns, Individual Characteristics
Huff, C. Ronald – 1998
A study was conducted to compare the criminal behavior of gang members and nongang at-risk youths in four urban and suburban communities, Denver (Colorado), Aurora (Colorado), Broward County (Florida), and Cleveland (Ohio). The first three communities were emergent, rather than chronic, gang environments, but in Cleveland, information on gangs…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Delinquency, Early Intervention
Finn, Jeremy D. – 1998
This report is an overview of recent research on the effects of class size on the academic performance and behavior of students at risk. In several ways it is not a conventional literature review. It emphasizes one recent large-scale investigation, Tennessee's Project STAR (Student-Teacher-Achievement-Ratio), begun in 1985. It is more evaluative…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Class Size, Educational Policy
