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Murder Is No Accident : Understanding and Preventing Youth Violence in America
Overview
Authors Deborah Prothrow-Stith and Howard R. Spivak-- two prominent Boston-area public health officials who played leading roles in that city's turnaround-- show that the key to Boston's success was creating an interdisciplinary citywide movement. The city's movement-- made up of educators, community leaders, police officers, emergency room workers, activist teens, teen and family member survivors of violence, and many others-- worked for more than ten years to implement multifaceted preventive programs that confronted each risk factor for youth violence, including
- Positive Role Models Peer mentoring and teacher-training programs
- Healthy and Safe Communities: Youth centers, after-school programs, and other organized recreational activities
- Poverty Economic stimulus policies to help reduce poverty in inner-city and rural areas
- Pro-Social Behaviors Conflict resolution and violence prevention curricula in schools
- Domestic Violence Home visitation programs and screening to protect kids from domestic violence
- Gun Buybacks: Reduction in the number of firearms on the streets
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780787969806
- ISBN-10: 078796980X
- Publisher: Jossey-Bass
- Publish Date: October 2003
- Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.14 x 0.98 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.07 pounds
- Page Count: 288
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