The purpose of this study was to determine teacher impact upon student learning at a correctional facility for adolescent boys. Improving teacher quality is directly related to the ability to produce higher levels of learning for K-12 students. Providing confirmation that teachers in correctional facilities can facilitate the learning of all…

This essay explores the intersection between writing studies and civic engagement through the action projects developed in E465: Prison Literature and Writing. Such literacy activism creates immediate opportunities for advanced undergraduates to more fully understand the work of literacy in contested spaces like jail and extends a call to action…

Theories explaining delinquency have been examined primarily using quantitative methods. The current study used interviews to gain insight into the lives of delinquent male adolescents. Results indicate that no single theory best explains delinquency, but a combination of theories provides comprehensive representation. (Contains 1 table.)

Suicide in prisons has been seen as a public health concern reaching crisis proportions around the world. In this study, data from 60 inmates in a South Australian remand facility were used to examine the relationship between loneliness and known predictors of self-harm, such as depression and hopelessness. As predicted, the results suggested that…

Child sexual offenders are hypothesized to hold offence-supportive beliefs that set them apart from others. The current study seeks support for this view via a cognitive-experimental approach. Child sexual offenders and offender controls were exposed to pictures of semi-clothed children (priming condition) or clothed, mature adults (control…

Research on incarceration and educational access continues to reveal the stark reality for many adjudicated youth: without access to educational opportunities recidivism is probable. Yet conventional methods of teaching critical reading, writing, and thinking skills are not always successful for juveniles who have found little success (or hope) in…

This article deals with discourses of intimate partner violence and is based on interviews with professionals who meet violent men. The professionals emphasized the importance of men taking unreserved responsibility for their violent behavior. Intimate partner violence was viewed not only as "power and control" but as the result of…

This qualitative study examined student perceptions of the Career Development curriculum used at Robert Farrell School. Students at Robert Farrell School are required to complete a career project to fulfill the Oregon State requirement that students demonstrate career skills to earn a high school diploma. There is substantial evidence indicating…

A study of the effects of emotional stimuli (words) on schizophrenics' adherence to strong meaning associations (regardless of context). (DP)

Investigated differences between 28 hospice and 28 hospital patients who died. Comparison found that hospice patients were younger, had more people living in the home, and had shorter disease history. Age, number of people living in the home, and primary cancer site significantly discriminated between hospice and hospital patients and predicted…

Reviews the literature regarding client motivation and client references. Offers recommendations for designing a program to increase motivation for psychotherapy in institutionalized adolescents, based on pretherapy and token economics. (JAC)

Discusses the benefit of creating access for impaired or immobile persons to ritualistic experiences. The practice of bringing the ritual experience to the individual unable to physically attend significant events is described. Case studies are included. (NRB)

An interview study of 2,271 mentally retarded residents in public and community residential facilities revealed that maladaptive behavior was more prevalent among residents of public residential facilities, but the frequency of maladaptive behavior and the responses, elicited from direct-care staff members, were similar in public and community…

A description and evaluation of the varying kinds of roles volunteers have developed and (could) play in patients' libraries. It discusses the ways in which others in the library and medical professions perceive volunteers and the mutual misconceptions that inhibit sound and uniform development of these services. (Author)

This article sets forth a model for institutional treatment of juvenile offenders that is community based, involves the delinquent in his own fate, increases his self respect, and allows him to experience positive human relations. Presented at University of Utah, March 1969. (Author)