Improving Academic Achievement Through Success (IMPAACTS): Help for First-Time Juvenile Offenders

• NCJ Number: 114871
• Journal: Journal of Offender Counseling, Services and Rehabilitation Volume: 12 Issue: 2 Dated: (Spring/Summer 1988) Pages: 123-130
• Author(s): B Gutknecht
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 8 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

It is the purpose of this paper to describe Improving Academic Achievement Through Success (IMPAACTS), a program designed to assist first-time juvenile offenders, participating in a deferred prosecution program, in improving their academic achievement.

Abstract

IMPAACTS was designed in response to a problem situation presented by staff of the State Attorney's Office, 4th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida. (Author abstract)