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Author Sweeney, Jennifer

Title Literacy : a way out for at-risk youth / Jennifer Sweeney
Published Santa Barbara, California : Libraries Unlimited, [2012]

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 133 pages) : illustrations
Contents "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
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-128) and index
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Subject 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
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- General.
EDUCATION -- Professional Development.
EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- Archives & Special Libraries.
Juvenile corrections
Juvenile delinquents -- Education
Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation
Libraries and juvenile delinquents
Libraries and prisons
Literacy programs
Literacy -- Social aspects
Prison libraries
Bibliothek
Gefangenschaft
Gefängnisbibliothek
Informationskompetenz
Jugend
Lesefähigkeit
Randgruppenarbeit
United States
USA
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781598846751
1598846752