Mentoring of At-Risk Youth

Paper Summary:

This dissertation looks at the difference between at-risk youth that are mentored and at-risk youth that are not mentored and attempts to determine whether there is a difference between the two groups based on their graduation percentages. The paper hypothesizes that there will be a difference between these two groups and that mentoring these at-risk youth affects them strongly in their understanding of life and its obligations and their willingness to graduate.

Table of Contents:
Abstract
Chapter One: Introduction
Introduction to the Problem
Background of the Study
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of the Study
Research Question and Hypotheses
Nature of the Study
Significance of the Study
Definition of Terms
Assumptions and Limitations
Organization of the Remaining Chapters of the Proposal
Chapter Two: Literature Review
Introduction
Rationale for the Research
Theoretical Framework
Research Question's Relationship to Major Literature Themes
Developmental Support for Alternative Hypotheses Generation: Quantitative Analysis
Synthesized Research in Theme Area One - Mentoring Programs
Synthesis of Research for Theme Area Two - Other Mentoring Options
Summary: Contribution of This Research to the Field of Study
Chapter Three: Methodology
Philosophy of the Researcher: Quantitative Methodology
Theoretical Framework
Research Design Strategy
Sampling Design
Measures
Data Collection Procedures
Data Analysis
Limitations of Methodology
Expected Findings and Ethical Issues
Time-lines
Philosophy of the Researcher: Qualitative Methodology
Theoretical Framework
Research Design Strategy
Sampling Design
Measures
Data Collection Procedures
Data Analysis
Limitations of Methodology
Expected Findings and Ethical Issues
Time-lines

From the Paper:

"These mentoring programs have succeeded so well in schools and communities across the country that they are also being considered and used where the juvenile justice system is concerned. Other options for juvenile offenders are adult courts and boot camps, but research has shown that mentoring programs, over the long-run, provide better outcomes than any of the other options for these juvenile offenders (Henriques, 1997). This also ties very strongly into the previously discussed issue of school-community mentoring programs, because those in the juvenile justice system believe that the juvenile offenders have been failed by both their schools and their communities when they turn to crime, drugs, and violence (Henriques, 1997). This may not be the case with every youth, but overall the statistics for the juvenile offender population lean heavily toward youth that are minority and/or disadvantaged in some way due to poverty, gangs, or other problems (Townsel, 1997)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• 2000 for 2000: Michigan's Mentoring Initiative, a Mentoring Program For At-Risk Youth Launched in Michigan. (2000). PR Newswire. http://www.michiganprosecutor.org/mentor/press.htm
• Alessandri, M. (2002). The effects of a mentoring program on at-risk youth. Adolescence. Retrieved May 13, 2006 from http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2248/is_148_37/ai_97723209
• Allen, H.A. (1996). Learning and caring communities: meeting the challenge of at-risk youth. (Special Section: Young Adolescents At Risk). The Clearing House, 69(4), 214-216.
• Allsopp, D.H., Santos, K.E., & Linn, R. (2000). Collaborating to teach prosocial skills. Intervention in School & Clinic, 35(3), 141-146.
• Ammons, D. (1999, March 1). Big-ticket issues are on track, political leaders say. The Columbian, pp. B7.

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