Youth Involvement

By .J Robert Weber and Carson Custer.

“A curious feature of the literature on youth involvement is that most of it is an exhortation to involve youth and very little deals with description of actual practice or an evaluation of the effectiveness of youth involvement in relation to goal achievement. It is almost as if youth ought to participate because it would be "good" for them. Sometimes it is implied that youth involvement would be "good" for adults. At other times youth involvement sounds like a strategy to shift decision-making power in such a manner that would enhance the writer's viewpoint.

Information Review on Crime and Delinquency. NCCD Vol.1. No.9. 1969. 39p.