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Safe Rhode Island:
Violence and Injury Prevention Program
Youth Violence
Literature Review Summary: Effective Components of School-Based Violence Prevention Programs
Many people including, parents, teachers, community members, and students are interested in how to prevent violence in schools. There are hundreds of school-based violence prevention programs across the country, but only a small number of these have been evaluated and shown to work over time. Several publications have summarized successful programs. The following information is a listing of common elements found within these publications and which are considered to be part of effective violence prevention programming in schools. (Current as of Sept.1999)
Part I: Education, Training, and Service Components
Part II: Environmental Components
Part III: Policies and Procedures
Part IV: Evaluation and Planning Components
Part V: How to Create Sustainable Change
Part VI: Components that are NOT Effective
Part VII: Other Effective Prevention Components
References
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