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Download full textBurrell, Sue – 1999
This report discusses lessons learned by the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) about improving and maintaining safe, humane institutions. Chapter 1, "Why Focus on Conditions of Confinement?" explains that many facilities do not meet minimum standards of care, and discusses the role of institutional conditions and links…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Change Strategies, Delinquency, Inspection
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Congressional Research Service. – 1984
Designed to facilitate research, preparation, and presentation of arguments for the national debate topic, this manual summarizes trends in poverty over the past 24 years, examines reasons for changes in the rate of poverty, discusses demographic characteristics of the poverty population, and analyzes methods used to calculate the number of poor…
Descriptors: Debate, Federal Government, Government Role, High Schools
Sommer, John G. – 1983
Perspectives on studying abroad in third world countries are presented. Fewer than 5% of Americans who study abroad do so in Third World Countries, although economically and politically the United States and these countries are interdependent. In addition, many employers are seeking individuals with cross-cultural training and sensitivity. The…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Differences, Developing Nations, Foreign Culture
