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  • Peer reinforcement of behavior in an institution for delinquent girls

    Creator:
    Furniss, Jean Marie
    Abstract:
    The major purpose of this study was to compare the occurrence of "delinquent" and "non-delinquent" responses and their contingent social reinforcements during informal cottage peer interaction at a training school for adolescent delinquent girls. The following hypotheses were tested: (1) The occurrence of delinquent responses exceeds the occurrence of non-delinquent...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Study The purpose of institutionalizing the juvenile delinquent is to rrrehabilitate" hirn by

  • The nomenclature of crime and violence as it appears in the educational and criminal justice systems

    Creator:
    Kincaid, John Thomas
    Abstract:
    In many schools, drugs, vandalism, assaults, thefts, and violence against both students and teachers have destroyed the orderly atmosphere needed for teaching and learning. While juvenile criminal behavior, both in school and elsewhere, is caused by a large and complex set of sociological and psychological conditions, there is evidence that...
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    Dissertation
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    teach- ing and learning. While juvenile criminal behavior, both in school and elsewhere, is caused by

  • Longitudinal study of the relationship between family coalitions and adolescent antisocial behavior

    Creator:
    Coughlin, Chris D.
    Abstract:
    Family therapists have proposed that specific types of family interactions are dysfunctional for the family system and can produce long-term negative effects for the child. They further propose that, for healthy family functioning to be maintained, parental alliances must be sustained and excessive cross-generational coalitions (parent-child alliances) must be blocked....
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    Dissertation
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    contact with the police due to delinquent behavior. Specifically, this study was concerned with

  • Perceptions about schooling and substance abuse treatment success from court mandated adolescent males

    Creator:
    Mazzotta, Margaret Ann
    Abstract:
    Many youth are able to be successful in the traditional school setting. Large numbers are not successful. Dropout rates are alarming. There is little research that examines the drop out problem from the perspective of the youth. Traditionally programs that are designed to help have been designed by adults. This...
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    Dissertation
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    closer to my own family. Pathways Era I joined a program in Eugene that worked with juvenile offenders