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Project VITAL: Juvenile Offenders Returning to School

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Briscoe, Cecil – Clearing House, 1974

Article considered the plight of youngsters confined to juvenile correctional institutions and then placed back in the mainstream of life without preparation for the changes they will have to undergo. A project designed to change this situation was presented. (Editor/RK)

Descriptors: Delinquency, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Planning, Followup Studies

A Study of Aptitudes and Achievement of Students Confined at the Utah State Industrial School for the Purpose of Determining Occupational Aptitude Patterns to Be Used as Guidelines for Formulating a Vocational Education Curriculum.

Heggen, James Richard – 1968

This study attempted to answer six questions: (1) What are the differences between the aptitudes of students aged 15.5 to 18.5 confined to the Industrial School as established by the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), (2) What are the differences as compared to the norms established by the California Achievement Test (CAT), (3) What are the…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Career Choice, Correctional Education

Setting the Standard. International Forum on Education in Penal Systems Conference Proceedings (Adelaide, Australia, April 5-7, 1998).

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Semmens, Bob, Ed.; Cook, Sandy, Ed. – 1998

This document contains 19 papers presented at an international forum on education in penal systems. The following papers are included: "Burning" (Craig W.J. Minogue); "The Acquisition of Cognitive Skills as a Means of Recidivism Reduction: A Former Prisoner's Perspective" (Trevor Darryl Doherty); "CEA (Correctional…

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adolescents, Adult Education, Adult Programs