NCJ Number
80405
Editor(s)
J Goodman
Date Published
1978
Length
165 pages
Annotation
This volume describes activities designed to prevent crime and disruption in schools and conducted under an interagency agreement between the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Teacher Corps of the United States Office of Education.
Abstract
The project used an approach defined as Student Initiated Activities in which troubled youths are involved, make significant decisions affecting their lives, and act on those decisions. This approach is based on the recognition that school violence and school crime are problems that encompass more than either education or juvenile justice alone and the belief that the higher the level of involvement youths have in decisionmaking about significant areas of their lives, the more likely it is that this involvement will reduce acts of disruption and destruction. When the interagency agreement was discussed in 1976, it was decided to locate the efforts at the 10 Youth Advocacy Teacher Corps projects which were already in operation. These projects focused on strengthening educational opportunities for school-aged children and youth identified as delinquent, or disruptive. The projects were located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, and Vermont. This report presents descriptions of the activities conducted at each site. In addition, a summary of a 1977 conference held in Rochester, Mich., to examine the Student Initiated Activities approach is presented. The program demonstrates the ability of two agencies to work together to benefit youths. Reference lists are provided for some chapters.