Solving Youth Violence: Partnerships That Work

• NCJ Number: 154134
• Date Published: January 1994
• Length: 164 pages
• Publication Series: NIJ Research Report
• Agencies: NIJ
• Publication Type: Conference Material

Annotation

This is a summary of the planning efforts made by more than two dozen teams from cities all over the United States during a three-day conference on Solving Youth Violence. August 15-17, 1994.

Abstract

The Conference included workshops on: (1) The Individual and the Community (Youth Development Programs, Mentoring, Youth Involvement and Participation, Community Service, Community Health and Community Mental Health Approaches); (2) Home and Family (Domestic Violence, Child Abuse and Neglect, Family Support and Preservation, Out-of-Home Youth, Sexual Assault, Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs, Media Literacy and Advocacy); (3) Schools and Communities (Safety and Security, Education and Skills Development, Home/School/Community Partnerships, Improved School Climate, Information Sharing Issues in School-Based Coordinated Programs, Alternative Development Programs for Adjudicated Youth, Substance Abuse Prevention); and (4) Community and Neighborhood (Community Policing, Increasing Employment, Community Development, Juvenile Justice Programs, Weed and Seed, Reducing Gun Violence in the Community and the Home, Hate Violence). Appendixes