Charges of Cruelty at a Jamaica Discipline Academy. Tim Weiner.
by Weiner, Tim; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 30Family. Publisher: New York Times, 2003ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Alternative schools | Behavior modification | Child abuse | Education -- Jamaica | Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation | Private schools | Problem youth | Rehabilitation centers | School disciplineDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Tranquility Bay is a troubled paradise. A tightly guarded compound in a lovely Caribbean hamlet, it is the oldest foreign outpost in a booming network of behavior-modification programs for American teenagers. Tranquility Bay has a reputation as the harshest of them all....Tranquility Bay's methods have spawned fierce supporters and critics, none more passionate than the children who have been through the program and the parents who sent them there." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article reports on the discipline methods used at Tranquility Bay, often seen as a last resort by parents unable to handle their defiant and delinquent teenagers.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Charges of Cruelty at a Jamaica Discipline Academy, June 17, 2003; pp. A10.
"Tranquility Bay is a troubled paradise. A tightly guarded compound in a lovely Caribbean hamlet, it is the oldest foreign outpost in a booming network of behavior-modification programs for American teenagers. Tranquility Bay has a reputation as the harshest of them all....Tranquility Bay's methods have spawned fierce supporters and critics, none more passionate than the children who have been through the program and the parents who sent them there." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article reports on the discipline methods used at Tranquility Bay, often seen as a last resort by parents unable to handle their defiant and delinquent teenagers.
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