HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY PROGRAMS - A METHOD OF REHABILITATING SUBURBAN SCHOOL DROP-OUTS

• NCJ Number: 16952
• Journal: Juvenile Justice Volume: 25 Issue: 3 Dated: (NOVEMBER 1974) Pages: 23-30
• Author(s): J H RULO
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DISCUSSES A HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY PROGRAM STAFFED BY VOLUNTEERS AND OPERATED BY THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI JUVENILE COURT.

Abstract

IN A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, 825 DELINQUENT SCHOOL DROP-OUTS RECEIVED THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY CERTIFICATES FROM THE MISSOURI STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THIRTY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THOSE RECEIVING CERTIFICATES ENROLLED IN COLLEGES FULL OR PART-TIME. FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT FOUND JOBS, ENROLLED IN TRAINING PROGRAMS, OR ENTERED THE ARMED SERVICES, ONLY THREE PERCENT WERE RE-REFERRED TO THE COURT FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)