EXPANSION OF THE AUTONOMY OF YOUTH - RESPONSES OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL TO PROBLEMS OF ORDER IN THE 1960S

• NCJ Number: 3375
• Author(s): J C MEYER; C CHASE-DUNN
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 159 pages
• Grant Number(s): 70-063
• Sponsoring Agency: Stanford University
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PROBLEMS OF CRIME AND DISORDER IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN RELATION TO THESE PROBLEMS.

Abstract

EXISTING DATA ON PROBLEMS OF CRIME AND DISORDER IN A SAMPLE OF AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOLS ARE EXAMINED IN ORDER TO DISCOVER THE FACTORS WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH RATES OF DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS. A FIELD STUDY WAS CARRIED OUT ON CRIME AND DISORDER PROBLEMS, AND METHODS OF CONTROL USED IN A NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA.