PUBLIC SCHOOL ATTITUDES TOWARD JUVENILE DELINQUENTS

• NCJ Number: 6196
• Journal: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1969) Pages: 56-62
• Author(s): E L PETERS
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

RESULTS OF STUDY REVEAL THAT NEGATIVE ATTITUDES OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS TOWARD STUDENT-DELINQUENTS MAY REINFORCE THE DELINQUENT'S FEELING OF ALIENATION AND REJECTION.

Abstract

A QUESTIONNAIRE, WAS MAILED TO 510 ADMINISTRATORS IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE FACTOR STRUCTURE FOR EACH OF THE TEN CONCEPTS WAS DETERMINED AND COMPARED TO THE FACTOR STRUCTURE FOR THE TOTAL GROUP. THE FACTOR STRUCTURE FOR THE JUVENILE DELINQUENT AND THE GENERALLY NEGATIVE RATINGS ARE REPORTED HERE. FACTOR ANALYSIS OF THE RESPONSES TO THE JUVENILE DELINQUENT CONCEPT REVEALED THE DOMINANT DIMENSION OF ADMINISTRATORS' ATTITUDES TO BE FEARPROVOKING.