TEENS HELPING OTHER TEENS GET IT TOGETHER - AN EVALUATION OF THE BALTIMORE YOUTH ADVOCATE PROJECT - FINAL REPORT

• NCJ Number: 16317
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 120 pages
• Grant Number(s): 86-P-80068/2-01
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Corporate Author: Baltimore Mayor's Office of Manpower Resources
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DIVERSION COUNSELING PROGRAM DEALING PRINCIPALLY WITH TRUANTS, INDICATING FAVORABLE RESULTS IN REDUCING RECIDIVISM AND REESTABLISHMENT OF ATTACHMENT TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

Abstract

THE PROGRAM EVALUATED IS INTENDED FOR YOUTH REFERRED TO THE COURT AS CHILDREN IN NEED OF SUPERVISION. OTHER YOUTH TRAINED AS COUNSELORS CULTIVATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE DELINQUENT YOUTHS TO PROVIDE A CONTEXT FOR THE INTERCHANGE OF IDEAS AND FEELINGS IN THE HOPE OF LIFTING MORALE AND GIVING CONSTRUCTIVE GUIDANCE. THE EVALUATION PROCESS INDICATED A REDUCTION IN RECIDIVISM AND A REINTRODUCTION INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OF MANY OF THE YOUTHS. POSITIVE RELATIONS WERE THE GENERAL RULE BETWEEN COUNSELORS AND DELINQUENTS. THE APPENDIXES INCLUDE A SAMPLE OF THE ATTITUDE TEST EMPLOYED IN THE EVALUATION, JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR STAFF PERSONNEL, AND THE RECORD FORMS USED IN THE PROGRAM.