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David E. Houchins; Richard G. Lambert; Christopher Henrich; Joseph Calvin Gagnon – Behavioral Disorders, 2024
A major challenge for juvenile correctional facilities (JCF) is providing literacy instruction to a transitory student population with a wide range of literacy abilities. The purpose of this study was to identify unique literacy profiles of students in long-term JCF taking into consideration their reading abilities, language abilities,…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Literacy Education
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Houchins, David E.; Jimenez, Eliseo; Langley, Nickolas; Plescow, Katelyn; Henrich, Christopher C. – Behavioral Disorders, 2021
The purpose of this article was to examine the relationships between: (1) youth and facility characteristics; and (2) youth risk and resilience factors (i.e., mental health, self-determination [SD]) in juvenile justice facilities. Extant self-report data from 205 nationally representative correctional facilities and 7,073 youth, collected as part…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Self Determination, Mental Health, Mental Disorders