Date of Defense
1988
Department
Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies
Abstract
About two million youths are arrested each year for offenses ranging from loitering to murder (Siegal and Senna, 1985). Juvenile delinquency is considered a serious social problem and since the early 1970*s there has been Increasing concern about its causes. Most treatment efforts have focused on the psychological and/or socio-economic problems of these youth leading to various individual and group therapy efforts. Socio-economic efforts include such programs as Job Corps, CETA, Head Start, and Upward Bound (Siegal and Senna, 1985; Lerner, 1985). These programs have only been partially effective in their attempts to reduce delinquency (Siegal and Senna, 1985).
Recommended Citation
Metcalf, Rodney, "Specific Learning Disabilities and Delinquency: Recommendations for an Intervention Model" (1988). Honors Theses. 1717.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/honors_theses/1717
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