Introduction
Across the world there are students attending school, now what happens if they are in contact with the judicial system, where does this leave their academic success? Why do we care about juveniles and their academic future? Statistic are against juveniles when it come to their educational success after initial contact with the system. In a study by Brown, Riley, Walrath, Leaf and Valdez (2008) about 62.4% of juveniles whom had been in contact with criminal justice system and returned to school showed difficulty performing academically. Additionally, in the study by Hirschfield (2009) found that juveniles that were arrested in the first two years of high school were 8 times more likely to drop than those who were not arrested. Furthermore, …show more content…
This study used Maryland Department of Juvenile Services (MDJS) to acquire their data. They found that 70.1% of the sample had been suspended, 24.8% received a failing grade when returning from the encounter with the justice system. Furthermore 62.4% demonstrated poor achievement in the Behavior and Emotional Rating Scale The BERS test measured how the student performed at school item, such as time management, academic achievement, and behavior during class time. They concluded that youth who returned to the community following brief contact with the juvenile justice system demonstrated problems functioning at school, and serious deficits in academic achievement. This shows article shows how being in contact with the justice system could hinder students from being academically successful (Brown et al., …show more content…
The independent variable is the juvenile and the dependent variable is whether they graduate high school after being in contact with the juvenile system.
Sample
The population that will target are juveniles between the ages of 15 to 20-year-olds in Florida who are enrolled in school before the encounter with the criminal justice system. The sampling method I would use is quota sampling where every 10th school that appears in each district of Florida. With a maximum of 20 high schools per district will be randomly chosen. This method will not make the study generalizable considering only Florida juveniles will be in this research, however, it will give society an idea of how many of these students actually graduate high school.
Study Design
I will be using a fixed- sample design where I will being begun these exit surveys at the end of each grade (freshman, sophomore, junior and senior). I would offer these surveys every year and track whether these students continue their education all the way through graduation. This will give me the advantage to track whether these students dropped out of high school as well if they have had the encounter somewhere in between the
Across the world there are students attending school, now what happens if they are in contact with the judicial system, where does this leave their academic success? Why do we care about juveniles and their academic future? Statistic are against juveniles when it come to their educational success after initial contact with the system. In a study by Brown, Riley, Walrath, Leaf and Valdez (2008) about 62.4% of juveniles whom had been in contact with criminal justice system and returned to school showed difficulty performing academically. Additionally, in the study by Hirschfield (2009) found that juveniles that were arrested in the first two years of high school were 8 times more likely to drop than those who were not arrested. Furthermore, …show more content…
This study used Maryland Department of Juvenile Services (MDJS) to acquire their data. They found that 70.1% of the sample had been suspended, 24.8% received a failing grade when returning from the encounter with the justice system. Furthermore 62.4% demonstrated poor achievement in the Behavior and Emotional Rating Scale The BERS test measured how the student performed at school item, such as time management, academic achievement, and behavior during class time. They concluded that youth who returned to the community following brief contact with the juvenile justice system demonstrated problems functioning at school, and serious deficits in academic achievement. This shows article shows how being in contact with the justice system could hinder students from being academically successful (Brown et al., …show more content…
The independent variable is the juvenile and the dependent variable is whether they graduate high school after being in contact with the juvenile system.
Sample
The population that will target are juveniles between the ages of 15 to 20-year-olds in Florida who are enrolled in school before the encounter with the criminal justice system. The sampling method I would use is quota sampling where every 10th school that appears in each district of Florida. With a maximum of 20 high schools per district will be randomly chosen. This method will not make the study generalizable considering only Florida juveniles will be in this research, however, it will give society an idea of how many of these students actually graduate high school.
Study Design
I will be using a fixed- sample design where I will being begun these exit surveys at the end of each grade (freshman, sophomore, junior and senior). I would offer these surveys every year and track whether these students continue their education all the way through graduation. This will give me the advantage to track whether these students dropped out of high school as well if they have had the encounter somewhere in between the