Citation

Dodge KA. Am. J. Prev. Med. 2001; 20(1, Suppl): 63-70.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

Public policy in the United States has historically considered youth violence as a moral problem to be punished after the fact, but growing scientific evidence supports a public health perspective on violent behavior as an interaction between cultural forces and failures in development. Prevention science has provided a bridge between an understanding of how chronic violence develops and how prevention programs can interrupt that development. Articles in this journal supplement provide yet another bridge between efficacious university-based programs and effective community-based programs. It is suggested that yet one more bridge will need to be constructed in future research between community-based programs that are known to be effective and community-wide implementation of prevention efforts at full scale. This last bridge integrates the science of children?s development, the science of prevention, and the science of public policy. (Abstract Adapted from Source: American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2001. Copyright © 2001 by Elsevier Science)

Juvenile Violence
Juvenile Offender
Violence Prevention
Public Policy
Program Effectiveness
Prevention Program
Intervention Program
Violence Intervention
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