Law and order and school : daily life in an educational program for juvenile delinquents /
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| Author / Creator: | Birnbaum, Shira, 1962- |
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| Imprint: | Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2001. |
| Description: | ix, 197 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4469444 |
| Summary: | These are only some of the voices in Law and Order and School, Shira Bimbaum's riveting study of an education and rehabilitation program for troubled teenagers in a Southern city. Locally acclaimed as one of the better programs of its kind in the region, Academy exemplifies a new kind of institution, providing transitional school services under contract with both educational and juvenile justice agencies. Birnbaum's narrative focuses on curriculum, teaching, behavior management, and the social organization and culture of the program, offering a close-up view of the everyday classrom interactions that frame student achievement and, ultimately, program outcomes. What do students learn? What do teachers teach? What educational and rehabilitative goals are embedded in official and unofficial policy? What processes inside and outside the building help or hinder the attainment of those goals? As educational and justice agencies increasingly turn to private subcontractors to deliver an array of services and growing numbers of young people are channeled into non-traditional educational settings and correctional institutions, it is imperative that educators and the general public understa |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 197 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-191) and index. |
| ISBN: | 156639869X 1566398703 |