The education of juveniles in detention: Policy considerations and infrastructure development

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-11

  Geib, Catherine Foley ^a   Chapman, John F ^a   D'Amaddio, Amy H ^a   Grigorenko, Elena L ^b,c  

^a Court Support Services Division ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Corrections; Delinquency; Detention; Education; Juvenile

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650510072     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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