NCJ Number
175694
Date Published
February 1999
Length
100 pages
Annotation
This kit provides material to help communities find ways to reduce crime by and against youth.
Abstract
The kit contains five major components: (1) a user’s guide suggesting ways to use the kit’s other components, and a resource list identifying organizations that may be able to provide additional information on specific issues; (2) fact sheets and accompanying transparency masters on 17 youth crime prevention and juvenile justice topics: General Information and Strategies; Problem-Focused Solutions; and Programs That Deliver Long-term Results. These can be used as handouts, presentation notes, discussion guides, or starters for investigation of local resources and needs; (3) resource papers from the U.S. Department of Justice on key issues in preventing delinquency and intervening effectively with troubled youth; (4) a videotape containing a 60-second public service announcement encouraging adults to invest in youth, mini-videos on effective programs and strategies in nine of the topic areas presented in the fact sheets, and a 33-minute condensation of the PBS series “In Search of Law and Order: Reclaiming America’s Kids,” a starting point for a town meeting discussion on juvenile justice and youth crime prevention; and (5) a leader’s guide to using the PBS video and the original 3-hour series as a focal point to initiate community discussions. Video, transparency masters, booklets