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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462885603321

Autore

Prior Nicole M (Nicole Mary)

Titolo

Juvenile justice and alternative education [[electronic resource] ] : a life course assessment of best practices / / Nicole Prior

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2013

ISBN

1-59332-709-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice recent scholarship

Disciplina

371.040973

Soggetti

Alternative education - United States

Problem children - Education - United States

Educational indicators - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Why alternative education is important -- A look at alternative education -- Life course theory and education -- A mixed methodological approach -- What the numbers say: logistic regression results -- What was seen: qualitative results -- What it all means: conclusions and policy.

Sommario/riassunto

Prior explores the connection between the quality of alternative education and juvenile delinquency using a life course perspective. Specifically, she determines that the implementation of quality assurance (QA) in alternative education disciplinary schools increased the likelihood that exiting students would return to their home school but had no effect on the students' attendance. Additionally, improving the quality of the alternative education school showed mixed results on likelihood of arrest. The results indicate that students at alternative education schools should be allowed to remain