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Literacy : a way out for at-risk youth
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"This exploration of juvenile corrections librarianship provides a complete description of these specialized services, addresses unique challenges in this library environment, and promotes intellec...
"This exploration of juvenile corrections librarianship provides a complete description of these specialized services, addresses unique challenges in this library environment, and promotes intellectual and social growth for at-risk youth"--
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- Creator
- Jennifer Sweeney
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Santa Barbara, California : Libraries Unlimited, [2012]
- Physical Details
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- xx, 133 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781598846744, 1598846744, 9781598846751
- OCLC
- ocn760531850
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [123]- 128) and index.
- "A perpetual tug of war": conflicting paradims in juvenile detention -- The juvenile justice process today -- Information needs of youth in detention -- Information services for youth in detention -- Detention library service models -- Model programs and services -- Strange but true: inside the world of detention library collection development -- From conflict to cooperation: making it work in detention -- Conclusion: the future role of librarians serving teens in detention
Subjects
- Libraries and juvenile delinquents -- United States.
- Prison libraries -- United States.
- Libraries and prisons -- United States.
- Juvenile corrections -- United States.
- Literacy -- Social aspects -- United States.
- Literacy programs -- United States.
- At-risk youth -- Books and reading -- United States.
- Juvenile delinquents -- Books and reading -- United States.
- Juvenile delinquents -- Education -- United States.
- Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation -- United States.