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Guest, Kimberly M.; Baker, Amy J. L.; Storaasli, Ragnar – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2008
AWOL behavior of adolescents residing in residential treatment is an issue requiring examination, especially in light of the variety of dangers these adolescents may be exposed to while away from treatment. This study assessed AWOL behavior of three consecutive entry cohorts (n = 234) of adolescents at a large long-term RTC in New York State. AWOL…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Home Visits, Adolescents, Clinics
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Lawson, Ronald; Drebing, Charles; Berg, Gary; Vincellette, Aime; Penk, Walter – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1998
A study of 1,207 male veterans admitted to a substance-abuse program found a history of sexual abuse was related to spiritual injury and low stability of spiritual behaviors, but not to overall rate of current religious behavior. Abuse was related to increased frequency of prayer and of spiritual experience. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Beliefs, Child Abuse, Males
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Kazemian, Lila; Le Blanc, Marc – Crime & Delinquency, 2007
Using a sample of adjudicated French Canadian males from the Montreal Two Samples Longitudinal Study, this article investigates individual and social characteristics associated with differential cost avoidance. The main objective of this study is to determine whether such traits are randomly distributed across differential degrees of cost…
Descriptors: French Canadians, Social Characteristics, Crime, Males