Although many programs claim to help young people, schools, or communities prevent violence, little empirical evidence exists regarding their effectiveness. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control funded a wide variety of youth violence prevention programs in which the program developers are required to develop strong evaluation strategies. A recent issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (1996) was devoted entirely to the presentation of thirteen school, hospital, and community violence prevention projects and their initial evaluation efforts. In this update, I will highlight some of the lessons learned from conducting evaluation in community settings.unpublishednot peer reviewe
Awareness of youth violence has increased in recent years, resulting in more interest in programs th...
Faced with rising rates of youth violence in Philadelphia, the United States’ Attorney’s Office for ...
This paper describes the strategic efforts of six National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence P...
Although many programs claim to help young people, schools, or communities prevent violence, little ...
This paper recommends a method of evaluating a community crime prevention program called Communities...
Youth violence rates remain disproportionately high in urban/inner city areas with rising incidence ...
Increasing attention to the evaluation, dissemination, and implementation of evidence-based programs...
Violence prevention programs aim to raise awareness, change attitudes, normative beliefs, motivation...
Violence prevention programs aim to raise awareness, change attitudes, normative beliefs, motivation...
Rising crime rates through the 1980s suggest that traditional methods of policing society (i.e., pol...
This article provides recommendations and observations about evaluation of a locally based preventio...
Background: All parties in community–academic partnerships have a vested interest prevention program...
The current investigation examined the differential effectiveness of PeaceBuilders, a large-scale, u...
This paper examines the practical factors that impact on the evaluation of crime prevention program...
and the resulting pressure on schools to implement violence prevention programs is enormous. However...
Awareness of youth violence has increased in recent years, resulting in more interest in programs th...
Faced with rising rates of youth violence in Philadelphia, the United States’ Attorney’s Office for ...
This paper describes the strategic efforts of six National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence P...
Although many programs claim to help young people, schools, or communities prevent violence, little ...
This paper recommends a method of evaluating a community crime prevention program called Communities...
Youth violence rates remain disproportionately high in urban/inner city areas with rising incidence ...
Increasing attention to the evaluation, dissemination, and implementation of evidence-based programs...
Violence prevention programs aim to raise awareness, change attitudes, normative beliefs, motivation...
Violence prevention programs aim to raise awareness, change attitudes, normative beliefs, motivation...
Rising crime rates through the 1980s suggest that traditional methods of policing society (i.e., pol...
This article provides recommendations and observations about evaluation of a locally based preventio...
Background: All parties in community–academic partnerships have a vested interest prevention program...
The current investigation examined the differential effectiveness of PeaceBuilders, a large-scale, u...
This paper examines the practical factors that impact on the evaluation of crime prevention program...
and the resulting pressure on schools to implement violence prevention programs is enormous. However...
Awareness of youth violence has increased in recent years, resulting in more interest in programs th...
Faced with rising rates of youth violence in Philadelphia, the United States’ Attorney’s Office for ...
This paper describes the strategic efforts of six National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence P...