LEADER 02726nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910808649803321 005 20230803025630.0 010 $a1-59332-709-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000341079 035 $a(EBL)1128634 035 $a(OCoLC)828494733 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000833510 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12427784 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000833510 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10936217 035 $a(PQKB)10961922 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1128634 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1128634 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10659391 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000341079 100 $a20130201d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJuvenile justice and alternative education$b[electronic resource] $ea life course assessment of best practices /$fNicole Prior 210 $aEl Paso $cLFB Scholarly Pub.$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (202 p.) 225 1 $aCriminal justice recent scholarship 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59332-533-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWhy 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. 330 $aPrior explores the connection between the quality of alternative education and juvenile delinquency using a life course perspective. Specifically, she determines that the implementation of quality assurance (QA) in alternative education disciplinary schools increased the likelihood that exiting students would return to their home school but had no effect on the students' attendance. Additionally, improving the quality of the alternative education school showed mixed results on likelihood of arrest. The results indicate that students at alternative education schools should be allowed to remain 410 0$aCriminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) 606 $aAlternative education$zUnited States 606 $aProblem children$xEducation$zUnited States 606 $aEducational indicators$zUnited States 615 0$aAlternative education 615 0$aProblem children$xEducation 615 0$aEducational indicators 676 $a371.040973 700 $aPrior$b Nicole M$g(Nicole Mary)$0938792 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808649803321 996 $aJuvenile justice and alternative education$94072487 997 $aUNINA