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| Intervention Program for Teens with Criminal Past |
| By sanluisobispo.com |
| Published: 02/22/2010 |
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‘I will get out of juvenile hall and not go back,” a local teenager wrote on a paper in his binder during a meeting one night last week at Cal Poly. The young man participates in a 52-week intervention program at Cal Poly for juvenile criminal offenders, which focuses on improving behavior, gaining personal responsibility and steering clear of crime. The second-year program, called the Bakari Project, is endorsed by the county’s Anti-Gang Coordinating Commission and overseen by Cal Poly psychology professor Roslyn Caldwell. The 22 male participants in this year’s Bakari program range in age from 14 to 17 years old. Each teen has a history of criminal activity, including gang involvement, substance abuse and truancy. Read More. |
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