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Download full textHellriegel, Kimberly L.; Yates, James R. – 1997
The educational processes for youth who participated in a county-run correctional facility for juvenile offenders were studied. The county's Leadership Academy, a 48-bed correctional treatment center where juveniles are placed when ordered into direct care, is designed to divert repeat male offenders from the state-run correctional system. The…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
Peer reviewedBullis, Michael; Yovanoff, Paul – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2002
A 5-year study investigated the relationship of selected variables to engagement (working, attending school, or both) status of 108 formerly incarcerated youth. Participants whose first formal adjudication occurred after 14 and were not gang-involved were more likely to be engaged, as were those who received mental health services. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Attendance, Behavior Disorders
