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Douraghi, Masoumeh; Goudarzi, Hossein; Rostami, Mahmoud Nateghi; Nikmanesh, Bahram – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Infection with "Helicobacter pylori" was assessed through serum "H. pylori" IgG antibody in children with intellectual disabilities (ID). The sero-status of cytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA) was determined as a risk determinant for severe "H. pylori"-associated diseases. In total, 210 children with ID were included…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Diseases, Foreign Countries, Residential Care
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Ostermann, Michael – Crime & Delinquency, 2013
Studies that compare recidivism rates between parolees and unconditionally released inmates typically attach these statuses upon release, and then follow these groups until they either fail or meet the censor date. However, this method of identifying former inmates as parolees does not comport with how parolees are conceptualized by the agencies…
Descriptors: Criminals, Recidivism, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Jackson, Pamela S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Inmates face challenges in obtaining employment once they leave prison because many are undereducated and lack work skills. This study examined demographic and criminogenic variables of inmates in Michigan Department of Correction's (MDOC) Community and Employment Readiness Training (CERT) and Michigan State Industries (MSI) programs that were…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Career Readiness, Correctional Education, Demography
Ely, Joseph William – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this study was to describe the effects of career and technical education (CTE) on recidivism for offenders enrolled in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections CareerTech Skills Center School Systems (SCSS) programs. Specifically, the study mined existing CareerTech and ODOC data to: (a) compare the…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Criminals
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Halperin, Ronnie; Kessler, Suzanne; Braunschweiger, Dana – Journal of Correctional Education, 2012
Educational achievement has been shown to be negatively correlated with recidivism among those released from prison (Nuttall, Hollmen, and Staley, 2003). The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a prison art rehabilitation program, Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA), on inmate participation in voluntary educational programs. RTA…
Descriptors: Rehabilitation Programs, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, College Programs
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Krezmien, Michael P.; Mulcahy, Candace; Travers, Jason; Wilson, Michael; Wells, Craig – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2013
This study provides the first systematic examination of the status of reading performance among incarcerated youth since the 1978 Project READ report. The purpose of this study was to provide a contemporary depiction of reading skills of a large sample of incarcerated youth, and to provide leaders and administrators with some tangible…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Reading Skills, Correctional Institutions, Youth
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Stemen, Don; Rengifo, Andres F. – Evaluation Review, 2011
Background: In recent years, several states have created mandatory prison-diversion programs for felony drug possessors. These programs have both individual-level goals of reducing recidivism rates and system-level goals of reducing prison populations. Objective: This study examines the individual level and system level impact of Kansas' Senate…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Recidivism, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
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Jeon, Hana; Moulson, Margaret C.; Fox, Nathan; Zeanah, Charles; Nelson, Charles A., III – Infancy, 2010
The current study examined the effects of institutionalization on the discrimination of facial expressions of emotion in three groups of 42-month-old children. One group consisted of children abandoned at birth who were randomly assigned to Care-as-Usual (institutional care) following a baseline assessment. Another group consisted of children…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Familiarity, Parents, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
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Iselin, Anne-Marie R.; DeCoster, Jamie – Cognitive Development, 2009
This study compared the cognitive control skills of male incarcerated adolescents (n = 44), male control adolescents (n = 33), male incarcerated young adults (n = 41), and male control young adults (n = 35) using the AX-continuous performance test (AX-CPT). This test measures proactive control (the ability to maintain a mental representation of…
Descriptors: Self Control, Performance Tests, Hyperactivity, Young Adults
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Martinez-Leal, R.; Salvador-Carulla, L.; Linehan, C.; Walsh, P.; Weber, G.; Van Hove, G.; Maata, T.; Azema, B.; Haveman, M.; Buono, S.; Germanavicius, A.; van Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk, H.; Tossebro, J.; Carmen-Cara, A.; Berger, D. Moravec; Perry, J.; Kerr, M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2011
Background: Despite progress in the process of deinstitutionalisation, very little is known about the health conditions of people with intellectual disability (PWID) who live in large institutions and PWID living in small residential services, family homes or independent living within the community. Furthermore, there are no international…
Descriptors: Obesity, Independent Living, Health Promotion, Mental Retardation
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Moulson, Margaret C.; Fox, Nathan A.; Zeanah, Charles H.; Nelson, Charles A. – Developmental Psychology, 2009
To examine the neurobiological consequences of early institutionalization, the authors recorded event-related potentials (ERPs) from 3 groups of Romanian children--currently institutionalized, previously institutionalized but randomly assigned to foster care, and family-reared children--in response to pictures of happy, angry, fearful, and sad…
Descriptors: Brain, Foster Care, Human Body, Nonverbal Communication
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Hetland, Hilde; Eikeland, Ole-Johan; Manger, Terje; Diseth, Age; Asbjornsen, Arve – Journal of Correctional Education, 2007
The aim of the present study was to explore the educational background of the total population of inmates in Norwegian prisons. The sample consisted of all 3 289 inmates over 18 years of age in Norwegian prisons. The response rate was 71.1 percent. Ninety four percent of the participants were men and mean age was 35 years. A questionnaire…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries, Educational Background
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Lifshitz, Hefziba; Merrick, Joav; Morad, Mohammed – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
The objective of the study was to study differences in aging phenomena among adults with intellectual disability (ID), who live in community residence versus their peers in residential care centers and to determine the contribution of health status, age, gender, etiology and level of ID to the decline in ADL function with age. Our study was based…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Mental Retardation, Caregivers, Down Syndrome
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Evans, Robert C.; And Others – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1991
Administered Tennessee Self-Concept Scale to 243 institutionalized delinquents. Found subjects had abnormally lower self-concepts than nondelinquents. Females and youngest subjects had significantly lower self-concepts than male and older counterparts. Age and sex were significant predictors of Total Self-Concept; age was significant predictor of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Correctional Institutions, Delinquency
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Yando, Regina; Zigler, Edward – Developmental Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Discrimination Learning
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