EVALUATION OF THE ROVING LEADERS SECONDARY SCHOOL PROJECT

• NCJ Number: 15724
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 21 pages
• Grant Number(s): 70-75; 72-20
• Contract Number(s): BD/73/07
• Sponsoring Agency: District of Columbia Office of Criminal Justice Plans and Analysis; US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: ICF, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EFFECTIVENESS OF USING INDIGENOUS AIDES TO ASSIST AND COUNSEL TROUBLED YOUTHS.

Abstract

THE PROGRAM TARGET AREAS INCLUDED KENILWORTH - BENNING STODDERT, SHAW, MOUNT PLEASANT - 14TH STREET, SOUTHWEST AND BRENTWOOD. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES INVOLVED ASSISTING TARGETED SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITH LOITERING AND UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY, CROWD CONTROL AT ATHLETIC EVENTS, EXTORTION, TRUANCY AND DROPOUTS, AND VIOLENCE AND THREATS AGAINST STUDENTS AND FACULTY. THE EVALUATION OF THIS PROGRAM WAS BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF THE PROGRAM'S CLIENT FILES, ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS, AND INTERVIEWS WITH SCHOOL OFFICIALS, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS, ROVING LEADERS CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE PREVENTION OF TRUANCY, SCHOOL DROPOUTS, LOITERING AND COMMUNITY JUVENILE DELINQUENCY INCIDENTS IN GENERAL. THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE PROGRAM BE CONTINUED, THOUGH NOT UNDER LEAA SUBGRANT FUNDING.