Crime can be prevented if schools teach juvenile offenders to read

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1055-1062

  Vacca, James S ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile offenders; Reading achievement; Recidivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149111278     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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