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Direct linkForman, James, Jr. – Education Next, 2008
The author relates how the idea behind the school he founded came from events that transpired in the incarceration of a 16-year-old client, Eddie. Eddie, who was charged with trespassing and stealing, pleaded to the author that he wanted "a program" instead of going to jail. However, the court found him guilty and sent him to jail. Years later,…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Juvenile Justice
Peer reviewedMell, Lowry W.; Knotts, Ralph – Behavioral Disorders, 1976
Available from: EC 090 474. The Security Unit School--an educational and residential treatment model in Pennsylvania for 24 juvenile offenders (15-18 years old)--is described in terms of problems encountered in assimilating students into the program, planning a curriculum, developing effective instructional materials, and providing treatment. (SBH)
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Delinquency, Emotional Disturbances, Institutionalized Persons
Download full textLittle (Arthur D.), Inc., Washington, DC. – 1980
The volunteer shelter bed program development guidelines in this booklet are offered as a community-based alternative to the institutionalization of status offenders. The volunteer shelter bed program is described as a nonsecure residential alternative for status offenders, which can be implemented without the creation of new facilities or the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Delinquency, Group Dynamics
Denkowski, George C.; And Others – 1983
A model for habilitating mentally retarded adolescent offenders is described. Discussion of historical background indicates a lack of programs for this population. A data-based profile of the population covers range of developmental delay, adaptive behavior scores, social skill development, academic achievement, arrest history, racial composition,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Building Design, Community Programs, Delinquency
Walters, Wansley; Dembo, Richard; Beaulaurier, Richard; Cocozza, Joseph; De La Rosa, Mario; Poythress, Norman; Skowyra, Kathy; Veysey, Bonita M. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2005
The Miami-Dade Juvenile Assessment Center National Demonstration Project (NDP) is serving as a national model for the transformation of front end services in the juvenile justice system in a unique sociocultural setting.We discuss the background and vision of the NDP, its implementation and accomplishments in six major program areas: (1)…
Descriptors: Intervention, Demonstration Programs, Program Effectiveness, Juvenile Justice
ZIVAN, MORTON; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE PROJECT AIMED TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM INTEGRATED WITH OTHER TREATMENT SERVICES AND IDENTIFY THE MAJOR FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH COMMUNITY AND VOCATIONAL ADJUSTMENT AND MALADJUSTMENT. THE STUDY POPULATION INCLUDED (1) AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 68 BOYS WHO RECEIVED THE FULL RANGE OF THE PROJECT IN-CARE AND…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Delinquency
Journal of Human Services, 1978
To provide information on subjects of concern to those in planning, management, and delivery of human services, this journal presents 149 abstracts from literature in the human services field. The journal is divided into five parts: the abstracts themselves, arranged in alphabetical order by title, with bibliographic and availability information;…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Administration, Agency Cooperation, Annotated Bibliographies
