READING DISABILITY AND CRIME - LINK AND REMEDIATION - AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

• NCJ Number: 58866
• Author(s): R R ROSS
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 39 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Ontario Ministry of Correctional Services
• Corporate Author: Canadian Criminal Justice Assoc
• Sale Source: Canadian Criminal Justice Assoc
• Publication Type: Bibliography
• Language: English
• Country: Canada

Annotation

PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED WORKS CONCERNED WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ILLITERACY AND CRIMINALITY AND WITH REMEDIAL READING PROGRAMS FOR OFFENDERS ARE CITED.

Abstract

COMPILED AS PART OF A CANADIAN RESEARCH PROJECT THAT EXPLORED THE LINK BETWEEN READING DISABILITY AND CRIMINAL AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR, THE BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS 90 ARTICLES, BOOKS, STUDY REPORTS, MANUALS, AND OTHER MATERIALS. INCLUDED ARE 49 REFERENCES DEALING WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN READING PROBLEMS AND CRIME AND 41 ON REMEDIATION (REFERENCE MATERIALS AND SURVEYS, COMMUNITY-BASED REMEDIAL READING PROGRAMS FOR PROBATIONERS AND CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS, INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAMS FOR ADULT AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS). EACH LISTING INCLUDES FULL BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA AND A BRIEF ABSTRACT. PUBLICATION DATES RANGE FROM 1936 TO 1977. THE BIBLIOGRAPHY, THOUGH NOT EXHAUSTIVE, DOES INCLUDE MAJOR WORKS AND IS REPRESENTATIVE OF RESEARCH IN THIS FIELD. (LKM)