NCJ Number
29220
Journal
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CORRECTIONS Volume: 17 Issue: 4 Dated: (OCTOBER 1975) Pages: 292-306
Date Published
1975
Length
15 pages
Annotation
EVALUATION OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF RUNNING AWAY FOR THE POST-INSTITUTIONAL ADJUSTMENT OF THE CHILD IN THE CASE OF 136 INCIDENTS AT THE ONTARIO, CANADA TRAINING SCHOOL DURING 1972.
Abstract
THE FIVE CATEGORIES OF VARIABLES EXPLORED WERE THE FOLLOWING ONES: VARIABLES RELATED TO THE PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SUBJECTS; VARIABLES RELATED TO THE PLACEMENT SITUATION PRIOR TO THE RUNNING AWAY INCIDENT; VARIABLES RELATED TO THE OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO THE INCIDENT; AND FINALLY, THE VARIABLES RELATED TO WHAT WAS CALLED THE FOLLOW-UP PERIOD, OR THE PERIOD WHICH FOLLOWED THE CHILD'S REINTEGRATION OF HIS AFTER-CARE PLACEMENT AFTER THE RUNAWAY INCIDENT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)