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Evaluation and Evolution of the Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program
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Esbensen, Finn-Aage; Peterson, Dana; Taylor, Terrance J.; Freng, Adrienne; Osgood, D. Wayne; Carson, Dena C.; Matsuda, Kristy N. – Journal of School Violence, 2011
The Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) program is a gang- and delinquency-prevention program delivered by law enforcement officers within a school setting. Originally designed in 1991 by Phoenix-area law enforcement agencies to address local needs, the program quickly spread across the United States. In this article, we describe…
Descriptors: Crime, Prevention, Police, Law Enforcement
Multimethod Strategy for Assessing Program Fidelity: The National Evaluation of the Revised G.R.E.A.T. Program
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Esbensen, Finn-Aage; Matsuda, Kristy N.; Taylor, Terrance J.; Peterson, Dana – Evaluation Review, 2011
This study reports the results of the process evaluation component of the Process and Outcome Evaluation of the Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) program. The process evaluation consisted of multiple methods to assess program fidelity: (a) observations of G.R.E.A.T. Officer Trainings (G.O.T); (b) surveys and interviews of…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, School Personnel, Program Implementation
Report of the Evaluation of the Second Year of the Junior High Police-School Liaison Program. Jointly conducted by the City of Edmonton Police Department, and the Edmonton Public and Catholic School Systems during the 1976-1977 School Year.
Blowers, Tom; And Others – 1977
The Junior High Police School Liaison Program is a three-year pilot project conducted by the Edmonton Police Department, and the Edmonton Public and Catholic School Systems. The objectives of the program include: (1) developing a preventive approach to crime; (2) reducing the local crime level; (3) improving relations among police officers,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Crime, Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention
Responding to Juvenile Drug Abuse and Violent Crime: Innovative State and Local Programs.
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Justice Research and Statistics Association, Washington, DC. – 1995
Juvenile programs presented at five Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) State and Local Programs Working Meetings serve as the focus for this report. The following topics were covered at the meetings: (1) Rural Issues and Programs; (2) Treatment, Rehabilitation, and Education; (3) Understanding and Combating Violence; (4) Preventing Drug Abuse and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, County Programs, Crime
Evaluating G.R.E.A.T.: A School-Based Gang Prevention Program. Research for Policy.
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Esbensen, Finn-Aage – US Department of Justice, 2004
The Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) program differs from typical efforts to reduce gang involvement in that the G.R.E.A.T. program does not target at-risk youth but rather targets its classroom-based program at all middle school students. The three main objectives of the 9-hour curriculum taught by uniformed officers are to:…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Middle School Students, Student Behavior
Prevention of Delinquency; Problems and Programs.
Stratton, John R., Ed.; Terry, Robert M., Ed. – 1968
Thirty-one articles discuss problems and programs in the prevention of delinquency. Topics considered include prerequisites for successful prevention; problems of identifying potential delinquency, and problems of implementing prevention programs. Also treated are the role of existing community agencies and institutions, special programs and…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Agency Cooperation, Community Characteristics, Community Programs