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Download full textStrother and Associates, Rochester, NY. – 1990
In 1982 the Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation, with funding from the Ford Foundation and assistance from more than 60 local and national funders, began a neighborhood self-help crime-prevention program in 10 inner city communities. The program was based on reducing urban violence and drug abuse through youth empowerment, community revitalization,…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Crime Prevention, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedLurigio, Arthur J.; Swartz, James – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1994
Some of the conceptual, methodological, and logistical impediments to sound evaluations of jail-based drug-treatment programs are described. The focus is on a program in a large urban jurisdiction that illustrates difficulty in tracking clients and coordinating agency responses. Some suggestions are offered to help future researchers. (SLD)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Crime
