NCJ Number
89640
Journal
International Child Welfare Review Volume: 52 Dated: (March 1982) Pages: 21-28
Date Published
1982
Length
8 pages
Annotation
This article examines the relationship between juvenile delinquency and the school, reviews, the nature and scope of serious juvenile delinquency in the school, and discusses considerations regarding the problem.
Abstract
Research has shown that the education process, the school, and its personnel are important and potent influences on youths. Studies point to a relationship between overt aggression and the stress of school experiences, finding that delinquents generally repeat school grade levels and receive low marks. Others indicate that violent offenses often take place on and around school grounds. A Department of Justice-LEAA study in 1975 showed that more victimizations took place inside schools than inside homes, near homes, or in offices or factories. However, a National Institute of Education study found that juvenile delinquency in schools is far less serious than previously thought. The school's response to delinquency is uncoordinated, unsystematic, poorly organized, and fragmented. Additional research on school crime is needed so that data accurately reflect the problem, allowing policymakers to take appropriate action. Alternative programs, discipline policies and procedures, staff training, and other measures are needed to control this problem. School victimization data and about 30 references are supplied.