Mentoring in the United States
Mentoring Programs in relation to Crime and Race
Mentoring Programs is included in the Encyclopedia of Race and Crime (1), beginning with: Race and crime are two major factors associated with many of the mentoring programs that have been established to date. Programs are not typically designed to target specific races or criminogenic behaviors; rather they focus on youth who are seen to be “at risk” for individual and/or environmental reasons. Such youth are empirically and theoretically identified as being members of minority, low-income or poor single-parent families, who reside in socially disorganized urban, rural, and suburban areas more prone to criminal activity. In the past decade there has been an influx of mentoring programs initiated to address the needs and problems of these young people. This section examines mentoring programs, why they exist, and their benefits to at-risk youth and identifies targeted populations.
Resources
Notes and References
- Entry about Mentoring Programs in the Encyclopedia of Race and Crime
See Also
Mentoring in the Criminal Justice System
This section covers the topics below related with Mentoring :
Juvenile Justice
Delinquency Prevention in relation with Mentoring
Mentoring
Mentoring
Resources
See Also
- Juvenile Justice
- Delinquency Prevention
- Mentoring
- Mentoring
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