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Published on: September 27, 2020
Learning disabilities, crime, delinquency, and special education placement
1Uthman Dan Fodio Institute, Chicago, Illinois 60643, USA.
Abstract:
This paper explores the influence of learning disabilities on the participation of youth in the juvenile justice system. The important role early placement of learning disabled youth in public school and in correctional education programs is explained and discussed. In addition, social and academic skill remediation is suggested as a means of preventing learning disabled youth from dropping out of school before incarceration, or of returning to crime upon release from incarceration.
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