MINNESOTA - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF 166 JUVENILES WHO WERE RELEASED FROM STATE GROUP HOMES FROM JULY 1, 1969 THROUGH JUNE 30, 1972

• NCJ Number: 11893
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 42 pages
• Corporate Author: Minnesota Dept of Corrections
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STUDY OF ADJUSTMENT OF JUVENILES PLACED IN GROUP HOMES TO IDENTIFY CHARACTERISTICS OF ADEQUATE VERSUS INADEQUATE ADJUSTERS.

Abstract

IN 1965, AS PART OF A DEINSTITUTIONAL PLAN, A NUMBER OF GROUP HOMES WERE OPENED TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY SETTINGS FOR JUVENILE DELINQUENTS. MOST GROUP HOMES WERE PRIVATELY OWNED FAMILY HOMES. THIS STUDY PRESENTS DEMOGRAPHIC AND CORRECTIONAL HISTORY DATA FOR THE PARTICIPATING JUVENILES AND ANALYZES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLIENT CHARACTERISTICS AND SUCCESSFUL HOME ADJUSTMENT. SUCCESSFUL ADJUSTMENT WAS FOUND TO BE RELATED TO BEING FEMALE, WITH SUPERIOR INTELLIGENCE AND ABOVE AVERAGE SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, FROM AN ECONOMICALLY SOUND FAMILY, AND COMMITTED FOR DRUG OR LIQUOR VIOLATION OR MINOR OFFENSES OTHER THAN INCORRIGIBILITY OR RUNAWAY. ETHNIC BACKGROUND PROVED INSIGNIFICANT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)