Past research has shown that a relatively small number of youths are responsible for a large proportion of the offenses committed by juveniles, leading juvenile justice practitioners to ask what the courts can do to intervene early to deter these youth from committing further serious delinquent acts. To answer this question, a research study was…

This bibliography lists 122 citations of documents and materials related to international rural youth issues contained in the holdings of the National Agricultural Library (NAL). The bibliography is based on computerized on-line searches of the AGRICOLA data base. All entries are in English. Each entry contains detailed information about author,…

This document contains a variety of materials from the Teen Outreach program, a school-based program begun by the Junior League of St. Louis (Missouri) and designed to decrease the incidence of teenage pregnancy and increase the number of at-risk teenagers who successfully complete their high school education. It is noted that Teen Outreach…

Making the Grade was a national and local level project designed to raise public awareness and stimulate cooperative action on behalf of American youth. Over the past 3 years, Making the Grade reviewed America's progress in solving problems that prevent youth from becoming productive workers and responsible citizens. It examined the areas of…

One unintended consequence of juvenile diversion may be that diversion programs widen the net of justice system control, rather than divert youth from the system. This issue was examined in a group of youths who were randomly assigned to either the Adolescent Diversion Project (ADP) or to a control group who received services as usual by the court…

This report is an evaluation of the Youth Crisis Center program run by the Wichita, Kansas Children's Service League to provide crisis counseling services to status offenders. Two major objective of the program were to reduce the number of adjudicated status offenders in Sedgwick County, Kansas; and to reduce placement of such youth in locked…

The HEW National Strategy for Youth Development Model is promoted as a community-based planning and procedural tool designed to enhance positive youth development and prevent delinquency. To investigate the relationship between the percentage of youths endorsing particular needs and problems and the relative predictiveness these items bear on…

This publication examines in detail the problem of teenage pregnancy in South Carolina. Following the executive summary and a listing of eight recommendations based on the report, chapter 1 presents tables of selected vital statistics related to teen pregnancy in South Carolina. All statistics are shown by county and by Department of Health and…

This document contains several essays on topics of interest to researchers of rehabilitative efforts. The subjects covered include an historical look at chronic delinquents and their treatment programs; a review of West European programs; legal constraints on intervention; a review of evidence concerning biological contributions to criminality and…

This document contains a narrative and tables which provide information on the characteristics of the California Youth Authority's institution, camp, and parole populations as of June 30 of each year, 1977 through 1986. The characteristics compared in the report include committing court, county of commitment, admission status, ethnicity, Youthful…

Author suggested that we need to know more about the nature, extent, and distribution of youth patterns to which the Coleman report addresses itself and that we want to look more closely at the political feasibility of its suggested remedies. (Author/RK)

Author questioned the Coleman Report and zeroed in on the peculiar contradiction s between the specific analyses of the life circumstances of young people and the report's general diagnosis and recommendations. (Editor/RK)

Author described several differences among the conditions of young people in the United States, China, and Israel and suggested that the Coleman Report asked more of our own culture than can be attained. (Editor/RK)

Author believed that the Coleman Report represented a conservative political act, that the point of view toward young people is politically conservative, and that the document is designed to satisfy the needs and wishes of the status quo. (Editor/RK)

This report examined the personal drug use of a sample of youth who responded to a questionnaire, as well as drug knowledge, and help for drug problems. (Author/RK)