- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- An evaluation of a mentoring program, the efficacy of reducing and preventing delinquent behavior among mentally ill adolescents, 2005
- Creator:
- Grandy, Latoya L.
- Date of Original:
- 2005-05-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to evaluate a mentoring program to determine the effectiveness of mentoring on reducing and preventing delinquent behavior in juveniles with mental health issues. The dependent variable was delinquent behavior and the independent variable was the mentoring program. The mentoring program used for this evaluation was the Yes! Atlanta Rising Star mentoring program in Atlanta, Georgia. The program involves a pairing system between positive adult role models with juvenile delinquents with efforts to reduce or prevent delinquent behavior in the juvenile. The number of offenses of those participants before intervention measured the dependent variable. The dependent variable was measured based on the severity of the delinquent acts committed before intervention compared to the severity of delinquent acts committed during as well as after intervention. All case managers were given an informed consent, which ensured the confidentiality of the identities of the person's information that was used for this study. The results determine whether mentoring, as a form of intervention, is effective when dealing with juveniles with mental illnesses. The sample was selected from the Yes! Rising Star mentoring program, located in Atlanta, Georgia. The sample only included those participants that were involved in the mental health system as well as the juvenile justice system. This purposive sampling technique was used due to the lack of mentoring programs that deal exclusively with juveniles with mental health issues. The sampling frame, which was intake applications of all program participants, provided information on the mental health issues of all the program participants.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2005_grandy_latoya_l
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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