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Download full textSedlak, Andrea J.; Bruce, Carol – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2010
This bulletin presents key findings from the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement (SYRP) that describe the characteristics of youth in placement. Specifically, this bulletin focuses on the youth's demographic characteristics, current and prior offenses, current disposition, family and educational backgrounds, and expectations for the future.…
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice, Residential Programs, Individual Characteristics, Delinquency
Direct linkGillis, H. L.; Gass, Michael A.; Russell, Keith C. – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2008
Recent studies analyzing juvenile delinquents participating in wilderness therapy programs have reported little statistical effectiveness. Interpretation of these findings may be unjustified due to definitional confusion more than a clear examination of program effectiveness. Using a research methodology similar to Jones, Lowe, and Risler (2004),…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Therapy, Behavior Modification, Adolescents
Buck, Beverly; Baker, Robin – Colorado Children's Campaign, 2013
The "Colorado Children's Budget" presents and analyzes investments and spending trends during the past five state fiscal years on services that benefit children. The "Children's Budget" focuses mainly on state investment and spending, with some analysis of federal investments and spending to provide broader context of state…
Descriptors: Budgets, Expenditures, Trend Analysis, Children
Larzelere, Robert E.; Daly, Daniel L.; Davis, Jerry L.; Chmelka, M. Beth; Handwerk, Michael L. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2004
The Teaching Family program is one of the most extensively researched models for residential care. A major meta-analysis found that the Teaching Family Model (TFM) was one of the five most consistently effective treatments for delinquents. However, two recent publications imply that behaviorally based and/or group treatments might be harmful.…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Program Evaluation, Outcomes of Treatment, Youth Programs
Little (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
Peer reviewedGillis, H. L.; Simpson, Cindy – Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling, 1991
Describes Project Choices, a residential treatment program for drug-abusing adjudicated adolescents that employs the adventure-based counseling model to instill change. Describes Project Choices goals as being the reduction of conduct-disordered behavior associated with delinquency and drug use. Presents program evaluation results which suggest…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adventure Education, Behavior Disorders, Change Strategies
New York State Office of the Comptroller, Albany. Div. of Management Audit. – 1992
In New York State, the antisocial behavior of some youths causes them to be removed from their homes and placed with the state's Division for Youth. At Division facilities, youths are required to receive counseling/treatment services until they can be released into the community. An audit was conducted to determine whether the Division was…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Correctional Rehabilitation, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Services
Pappenfort, Donnell M.; Young, Thomas M. – 1980
This monograph is an analysis of the use of residential and non-residential programs as alternatives to secure detention for juveniles awaiting adjudicatory hearings in juvenile courts. The analysis is based on literature from the last decade supplemented by interviews and statistics from site visits to 14 juvenile court jurisdictions with…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Crime, Decision Making, Delinquency
New York State Div. for Youth, Albany. – 1990
This report describes educational programs at New York State Division for Youth (DFY) residential facilities. It provides an overview of the services offered to prepare adjudicated youth for successful return to the community. The Division's residential education services encourage student growth in cognitive, affective, and vocational skill…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Daily Living Skills, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Frey, Heather E. – 1999
Youth who come in contact with the juvenile justice system are often disenfranchised by the education system. Despite research demonstrating that employability is critical to the success of high-risk youth, youth involved in the juvenile justice system often find it difficult to learn marketable skills or compete for jobs. According to a task…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Delinquency, Early Intervention, Educational Needs
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
Dodge, Kenneth A.; Dishion, Thomas J.; Lansford, Jennifer E. – Society for Research in Child Development, 2006
The problem is well known to every parent of a teenager, every high school teacher, every clinical practitioner, and every social policy maker: vulnerable adolescents risk becoming more deviant through association with deviant peers and peer groups. Deviant peer influences are among the most potent factors in the development of antisocial…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Adolescents, Peer Groups, Program Effectiveness
