WORK AND TEACHING MACHINES AS DELINQUENCY PREVENTION TOOLS - A FOUR-YEAR FOLLOW-UP

• NCJ Number: 36828
• Journal: Social Service Review Volume: 49 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH 1975) Pages: 92-106
• Author(s): J C HACKLER; J L HAGAN
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 15 pages
• Corporate Author: University of Chicago Press
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINT

Annotation

THIS PAPER PRESENTS AN ANALYSIS OF THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH PROJECT, WHICH UTILIZED TWO EXPERIMENTAL VARIABLES, A SUPERVISED WORK PROGRAM AND TEACHING MACHINES, AS CONFIDENCE BUILDING DEVICES.

Abstract

THE LONG TERM ASSESSMENT SUGGESTS THAT THE WORK PROGRAM WAS RELATED TO INCREASED INVOLVEMENT IN OFFICIAL DELINQUENCY. FURTHERMORE, DISADVANTAGED BOYS WERE MORE ADVERSELY AFFECTED THAN ADVANTAGED BOYS. THE USE OF TEACHING MACHINES SEEMS TO HAVE HAD THE OPPOSITE EFFECT: IT WAS RELATED TO DECREASED INVOLVEMENT IN OFFICIAL DELINQUENCY, AND DISADVANTAGED BOYS WERE MORE POSITIVELY AFFECTED THAN ADVANTAGED BOYS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)