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Center For Psychological Studies 1990-1991, Nova University

College of Psychological Services / College of Psychology Postgraduate Student and Course Catalogs

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Nova University Programs In Child And Youth Studies 1989–1990, Nova University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

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School Of Psychology A Center For Psychological Studies [1989-90], Nova University

College of Psychological Services / College of Psychology Postgraduate Student and Course Catalogs

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Evaluation Of A Juvenile Diversion Program: Using Multiple Lines Of Evidence, Mark W. Lipsey, David S. Cordray, Dale E. Berger

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

The evaluation of a juvenile diversion program was approached through the development of multiple lines of evidence bearing on each of the two major program goals: providing a community-based alternative for arrested juveniles who otherwise would have been referred to the juvenile justice system and reducing juvenile delinquency. Convergent results from various measures, research designs, and data stratifications indicated that the program had little success in decreasing referrals to the juvenile justice system but produced a positive delinquency reduction effect (concentrated among less serious offenders). These results are discussed in terms of (1) their significance for the diversion program and …

Personal Helplessness Among Depressed Boys: Partial Resolution Of The Paradox Of Uncontrollability And Self-Blame, Fred M. Kerman

Dissertations

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Program Evaluation Of The Kitchener-Waterloo Diversion Programme, Edward Daniel Dubas

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The research describes the operation of the Kitchener-Waterloo Diversion Program and by using the Gibbon, Lebowitz and Blake (1976) evaluation model the program was evaluated relative to its six objectives. Diversion is defined as any pre-trial, post-charge intervention model which deals with juvenile charges outside the traditional juvenile justice systems (Solicitor General of Canada, 1978).

Data were collected from systematic observations of the diversion meetings, interviews with participants, victims and lawyers regarding their perceptions of diversion, and the examination of police, court and diversion records.

Results indicate that the eligibility criteria were being met and that the intended target population …

The Prevalence Of Childhood Depression Among 6-11 Year Old Boys Seen By A Community Mental Health Center, Fred M. Kerman

Master's Theses

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