Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Wang, Xia
URN	etd-09182003-200811
Title	The Educational Deficiencies Of Florida's Juvenile Justice Students
Degree	Master of Science
Department	Criminology and Criminal Justice, School of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Spencer D. Li Committee Chair Gordon Waldo Committee Member Thomas G. Blomberg Committee Member
Keywords	Juvenile Justice Students Educational Deficiencies
Date of Defense	2003-08-02
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The prior literature addressing delinquency and education while diverse consistently documents the relationship between poor school performance and delinquent behavior. However, the specific causes for the poor school performance of delinquent youth remain ambiguous at best. Stated differently, we do not know precisely why delinquent youth perform poorly in school. This paper addresses this question by examining the differences in educational deficiencies between delinquent youth and a matched sample of nondelinquent youth. The findings document that delinquent youth are more likely to have lower GPAs, poorer attendance records, more likely to be retained in the same grade, and receive more disciplinary actions while in school. Moreover, delinquent youth are found to be disproportionately diagnosed as ESE, namely 44% of the delinquent sample compared to only 12% of the nondelinquent comparison group. The paper closes with discussion of the policy implication of these findings particularly in relation to remedying these identified educational deficiencies in the attempt to alter the life course of delinquent youth.
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