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Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention, 2012
This issue of "Issues in Prevention" focuses on gender-based violence prevention. This issue contains the following articles: (1) Preventing Gender-Based Violence: An Overview (Linda Langford); (2) Q&A With Amelia Cobb; (3) Denim Day at HBCUs; (4) Dear Colleague Letter; (5) ED Grants for Violence Prevention; and (6) Higher Education Center…
Descriptors: Prevention, Gender Differences, Violence, Crime
Henggeler, Scott W.; Schoenwald, Sonja K. – Society for Research in Child Development, 2011
In a context where more than 1,000,000 American adolescents are processed by juvenile courts annually and approximately 160,000 are sent to residential placements, this paper examines "what works" and "what doesn't work" in reducing the criminal behavior of juvenile offenders and presents examples of government initiatives that have successfully…
Descriptors: Intervention, Antisocial Behavior, Delinquency Prevention, Juvenile Courts
Palmer, Susan, Ed.; Heyne, Linda, Ed.; Montie, Jo, Ed.; Abery, Brian, Ed. – Institute on Community Integration (NJ1), 2011
Social well-being is essential to overall health and quality of life for all children, youth, and adults. However, children and youth with disabilities are often at higher risk for experiencing lower levels of social, and related emotional, well-being than their peers without disabilities. They are among those more likely to be bullied and…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Socialization, Extracurricular Activities, Youth Programs
Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Society for Research in Child Development, 2003
Portions of this paper were presented at a research briefing, sponsored by the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means. Results are presented from evaluations of several early intervention programs, all of which provided high quality, center-based early childhood education and…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, At Risk Persons, Young Children, Well Being