How and Where Communities Can Begin To Address Youth Violence: A Resource Manual

• NCJ Number: 156984
• Author(s): L Dean; J Wallace
• Date Published: 1995
• Length: 104 pages
• Corporate Author: University of California, Davis
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; University of California, Davis; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Directory
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

This manual is designed to help individuals, agencies, and organizations interested in preventing and intervening in youth violence to locate appropriate violence prevention/intervention resources.

Abstract

This guide is based on widely accepted prevention principles: collaboration is essential for effective youth intervention; efforts to reduce and eliminate violence among youth should seek to enhance protective factors that have proven to foster resiliency through the contexts of family, school, and community; asset- building provides youth with skills, abilities, and confidence that stay with them into adulthood; and a variety of factors contribute to the development of violent youths, so that prevention and intervention efforts must be broadly focused. This manual lists resources related to collaboration and community partnerships; published directories and online databases; program planning models, curricula, handbooks, and other reference materials; organizations and vendors; and sources of technical assistance.