NCJ Number
136251
Date Published
1992
Length
80 pages
Annotation
This volume suggests actions that parents, other adults, and communities can take to prevent or stop violence and profiles 27 violence prevention programs operating at local or State levels, either through existing organizations or through special groups dealing with the violence issue.
Abstract
Youth organizations, neighborhood groups, schools, police agencies, health and social service agencies, recreation departments, housing authorities, and civic groups are some of the places where these anti-violence programs have started. Each program is described in terms of its setting, focus, strategies, signs of success, community partners, funding, challenges, and address and telephone number. The suggestions presented in this volume assume that the reader has some experience in a community-based program that involves working directly with people. The discussion suggests different kinds of action and partners and explains some ways in which conducting a violence prevention program may differ from conducting other programs in a community. Readers are urged to take three actions: (1) reduce their own risk of violence, (2) join or start a program to help others stop violence, and (3) help create a community environment in which violence cannot flourish. Lists of resource organizations