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1.	Just, David Allen
1.	Delinquent Youth and Employment: The Mandate for Specialized Academic and Vocational Training Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education 7,3 (Spring 1985): 11-16, 34 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: National Association of Vocational Education Special Needs Personnel Keyword(s): Behavior; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Gender Differences; Illegal Activities; Racial Differences; School Suspension/Expulsion; Self-Reporting; Unemployment, Youth; Vocational Rehabilitation; Work Attitudes The youth interviewed were representative of the civilian, noninstitutional population of the United States ages 15 and 17 as of January 1979. Information in this paper was obtained from a self-reported delinquent behavior sample survey. A delinquency profile was developed using the ten most frequently self-reported delinquent acts committed by the participants. Eight response categories were used to determine a respondent's current labor force status. The delinquency category was cross-tabulated with the delinquency index by the following variates: gender, race, age, suspension from school, current residence, and living in a standard metropolitan statistical area. With few exceptions, the work records of self-reported offenders compared well with self-reported nondelinquent youth. Those who had been processed by the criminal justice system, however, tended to have employment problems occasioned by the adverse perceptions of employers, employment and training assistance agencies, and educational agencies. These findings suggest that intervention must focus on making employers, job training agencies, and educational agencies aware of the importance of upgrading the vocational capabilities of youth who have a history of contact with the criminal justice system.
	Bibliography Citation Just, David Allen. "Delinquent Youth and Employment: The Mandate for Specialized Academic and Vocational Training." Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education 7,3 (Spring 1985): 11-16, 34.

2.	Just, David Allen
2.	The Relationship Between Delinquent Behavior and Work Values of Noninstitutionalized Youth Journal of Correctional Education 36,4 (December 1985): 148-154. Also: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ326174&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=EJ326174 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Correctional Education Association (CEA) Keyword(s): Delinquency/Gang Activity; Gender Differences; Illegal Activities; Racial Differences; Unemployment, Youth; Vocational Rehabilitation; Work Attitudes Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Others have conducted extensive studies of work values for the general populace, this present study, using findings derived from the 1980 New Youth Survey of more than 12,000 youths by the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market, concentrates on the 15- to 17-year-old delinquent population. A delinquency profile is developed and through cross-tabulation and logistic regression its relationship to the variable, work values in 1979, is determined. Results of the analysis indicate that a 'nonrelationship' exists between delinquency and work values. Even as delinquency increases, work values tend to remain stable.
	Bibliography Citation Just, David Allen. "The Relationship Between Delinquent Behavior and Work Values of Noninstitutionalized Youth." Journal of Correctional Education 36,4 (December 1985): 148-154.

3.	Just, David Allen
3.	The Relationship Between Female Delinquent Behavior and Work Values, Occupational Aspirations, and Labor Market Experience Ph.D. Dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, 1984. Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Attitudes; Behavioral Problems; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Labor Force Participation; Occupational Aspirations; School Suspension/Expulsion; Vocational Education The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between female delinquent behavior and work values, occupational aspirations, and labor market experience. Data was derived from the 1980 NLSY. Analyses were conducted on approximately 4,000 youth and three criterion variables were used: work values, occupational aspirations, and labor force status. The variates examined were: delinquency, gender, ethnic origin, age, suspension from school, current residence (rural/urban), and residence in a SMSA. Three methods of analysis were applied to the data: logistic regression (to analyze work values, employment status, and expected ability to achieve aspirations at age 35); least squares regression (to determine the relationship between the variates and the criterion variable, "occupational aspirations"); and cross-tabulation (to illustrate the relationship between the delinquency index and employment status). The findings were of two types: variates that showed a distinct relationship with the criterion variables; and those which were significant because they did not show any relationship to the criterion variables. Recommendations were offered concerning the reduction of present inequities, integration of the school system with the juvenile justice system, and the initiation of further research and pilot programs within the vocational education system.
	Bibliography Citation Just, David Allen. The Relationship Between Female Delinquent Behavior and Work Values, Occupational Aspirations, and Labor Market Experience. Ph.D. Dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, 1984..

4.	Just, David Allen Wircenski, Jerry L
4.	The Relationship between Female Delinquent Behavior and Work Values, Occupational Aspirations and Labor Market Experience Final Report, Vocational-Technical Education Research Report 22,2 June 1984. Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: ERIC Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Education, Secondary; Labor Force Participation; Occupational Aspirations; School Suspension/Expulsion; Vocational Education; Work Attitudes Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. A study of female delinquent behavior used as data responses from approximately 4,000 15- to 17-year old civilian noninstitutionized youth who participated in the 1980 New Youth Survey of the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience. Three criterion variables were used: work values, occupational aspirations, and labor force status. Variates included delinquency, gender, ethnic origin, age, suspension from school, and current residence. Three methods of data analysis were applied: (1) logistic regression to analyze work values, employment status, and expected ability to achieve aspiration; (2) least squares regression to determine the relationship between the variates and the criterion variable "occupational aspirations"; and (3) cross-tabulation to illustrate the relationship between the delinquency index and employment status. Females exhibited higher occupational aspirations but experienced consistently lower rates of employment than males. Females suspended from school had significantly lower rates of employment and less confidence in achieving occupational aspiration. Delinquency suggested either no relationship with the criterion variables or a rather unusual inverse relationship. Current residence was not related to occupational aspirations or work values. Age was not related to occupational aspirations or expected ability to achieve aspiration. (Two tables are appended: a summary of variables and Duncan Socioeconomic Conversion.) (YLB)
	Bibliography Citation Just, David Allen and Jerry L Wircenski. "The Relationship between Female Delinquent Behavior and Work Values, Occupational Aspirations and Labor Market Experience." Final Report, Vocational-Technical Education Research Report 22,2 June 1984.

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