NCJ Number
88550
Journal
Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 10 Issue: 1 Dated: (March 1983) Pages: 109-120
Date Published
1983
Length
12 pages
Annotation
This study evaluated the effects of incarceration period on the educational achievement of juvenile delinquents.
Abstract
Sixty-one students in a residential institution were studied, using the Metropolitan Achievement Test (Prescott et al., 1978) for measuring educational achievements. The results indicated that students' educational achievements varied according to whether they were in the beginning, middle or end phase of their incarceration. (Publisher abstract)