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Juvenile Offenders with and without Disabilities: Risks and Patterns of Recidivism
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Zhang, Dalun; Barrett, David E.; Katsiyannis, Antonis; Yoon, Myeongsun – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
Youth with disabilities are overrepresented in the juvenile justice system and tend to be repeat offenders. Current intervention strategies have produced differential effects between those with and without disabilities. Yet, little research has been done to examine the differences between these two populations regarding risks for and patterns of…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Intervention, Disabilities, Juvenile Justice
Reading and Writing Disabilities among Inmates in Correctional Settings. A Swedish Perspective
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Svensson, Idor – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
An abundance of research has shown that there is an extensive overrepresentation of reading and writing disabilities among inmates in juvenile institutions and prisons. The aim of this paper is to review publications from the Nordic countries, especially Sweden in the last decade regarding the prevalence of reading and writing disabilities and…
Descriptors: Incidence, Correctional Institutions, Learning Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Empirical Identification of the Major Facets of Conscientiousness
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MacCann, Carolyn; Duckworth, Angela Lee; Roberts, Richard D. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2009
Conscientiousness is often found to predict academic outcomes, but is defined differently by different models of personality. High school students (N = 291) completed a large number of Conscientiousness items from different models and the Big Five Inventory (BFI). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the items uncovered eight facets:…
Descriptors: Intervention, Validity, Cognitive Tests, Personality