Academic Potential among African American Adolescents in Juvenile Detention Centers: Implications for Reentry to School

Autor/inn/en	Toldson, Ivory A.; Woodson, Kamilah M.; Braithwaite, Ronald; Holliday, Rhonda C.; De La Rosa, Mario
Titel	Academic Potential among African American Adolescents in Juvenile Detention Centers: Implications for Reentry to School
Quelle	In: Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 49 (2010) 8, S.551-570 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-9674
Schlagwörter	Community Involvement; Goal Orientation; Multivariate Analysis; Juvenile Justice; Psychological Patterns; African Americans; Institutionalized Persons; Surveys; Individual Characteristics; Crime; Comparative Analysis; Racial Differences; Gender Differences; Academic Ability; Self Esteem; Family Relationship; Adolescents + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Multivariate Analyse; Jugendgerichtshilfe; Afroamerikaner; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Rassenunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher
Abstract	The study explores Black adolescent detainees' academic potential and motivation to return to school, to inform best practices and policies for juvenile reentry to educational settings. Adolescent detainees (N = 1,576) who were recruited from 1 male and 1 female youth detention facility, responded to surveys that assessed postdetention educational plans, as well as social and emotional characteristics, and criminal history. Multivariate analysis techniques were used to compare factors across race and gender, and plot linear relationships between key indicators of academic potential with associate factors. Findings revealed that youth were more likely to evince academic potential when they had a healthy level of self-esteem, adequate future goal orientation, positive mood, family and community involvement, fewer traumatic events, and less delinquent activity. (Contains 2 tables and 6 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10