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Prospective Childhood Risk Factors for Gang Involvement Among North American Indigenous Adolescents
Dane S. Hautala, Kelley J. Sittner, Les B. Whitbeck
The purpose of the study was to examine prospective childhood risk factors for gang involvement across the course of adolescence among a large 8-year longitudinal sample of 646 Indigenous (i.e., American Indian and Canadian First Nations) youth residing on reservation/reserve land in the Midwest of the United States and Canada.
Educated Prisoners Are Less Likely to Return to Prison
Published By: Correctional Education Association
Since 1990, the literature has shown that prisoners who attend educational programs while they are incarcerated are less likely to return to prison following their release. Studies in several states have indicated that recidivism rates have declined where inmates have received an appropriate education. Furthermore, the right kind of educational program leads to less violence by inmates involved in the programs and a more positive prison environment.
Rhizomatic affective spaces and the therapeutic potential of music in prison: a qualitative meta-synthesis
Zetta Kougiali,Tomer Einat &Alison Liebling
NEET in disguise? Rival narratives in troubled youth transitions
Herwig Reiter &Tabea Schlimbach
Establishing BEST Youth Development Practitioner Apprenticeship Programs for Youth Workers.
Dawson, Amy L.; MacAllum, Keith; Warner, Nicole
Effectiveness of Mentoring Programs for Youth: A Meta‐Analytic Review
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