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Previ, Barbara. An examination of pathways to college and away from crime among youth residing in single-mother households located in an at-risk community. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3MP56NG

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TitleAn examination of pathways to college and away from crime among youth residing in single-mother households located in an at-risk community
NamePrevi, Barbara (author); Meloy, Michelle (chair); Siegel, Jane (co-chair); Humphries, Drew (co-chair); Rutgers University; Camden Graduate School
Date Created2018
Other Date2018-05 (degree)
SubjectCriminal Justice, Single mothers, Academic achievement
Extent1 online resource (ii, 56 p.)
DescriptionDangerous communities that are filled with poverty present youth with obstacles to escaping the at-risk community such as high crime rates, failing schools, and community violence. Children living in these disadvantaged neighborhoods also suffer a multitude of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) including parental separation and divorce, leading to the child being raise in a single-mother household. The extant literature on single-mother households describes the host of problems that children from these families have, but fail to address how children from single-mother households can escape the at-risk community and achieve academic success. This investigation explores the methods in fostering success among a sample of college students and graduates who grew up in Camden, New Jersey. Respondents (N=41) shared their perceptions of how their mothers helped them become academically successful while also shielding them from the crime, drugs, and poverty within their homes and neighborhoods.
NoteM.A.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Noteby Barbara Previ
Genretheses, ETD graduate
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3MP56NG
Languageeng
CollectionCamden Graduate School Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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