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Assessment Of Subjective Experiences Of Boys Entering The Community From A Correctional School, Thomas W. Dejardin, Theresa F. Eubanks, Mary F. Hoyt, Steven J. Ickes, Carol W. Lane, David F. Staat
Assessment Of Subjective Experiences Of Boys Entering The Community From A Correctional School, Thomas W. Dejardin, Theresa F. Eubanks, Mary F. Hoyt, Steven J. Ickes, Carol W. Lane, David F. Staat
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The purpose of this study was to explore, classify, and evaluate the personal experiences of juvenile offenders following release from a state training school.
During a two month period beginning in the fall of 1967, a group of twenty-three releasees from the MacLaren School for Boys in Woodburn, Oregon were interviewed on a weekly basis in the Portland metropolitan area. The boys, ranging in age from thirteen to seventeen were contacted in their homes, schools, and other settings to learn of positive, negative, and critical experiences encountered in the community.
Open ended questions based upon a twenty- seven item schedule …