What Works in Reducing Adolescent Violence: An Empirical Review of the Field

By P. Tolan. 2003

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Future Orientation as a Protective Factor for African American Adolescents Exposed to Community Violence (2015, background): “Given the number of psychosocial problems that may result from ECV, many programs have been created to either prevent or intervene against the effects of exposure on the development of aggressive or delinquent behaviors (Dahlberg, 1998; Tolan & Guerra, 1994).”
The Evolution of Discipline Practices: School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports (2002, background): “…punishment and exclusion are ineffective when used without a proactive support system (Gottfredson, Karweit, & Gottfredson, 1989; Mayer, 1995; Tolan & Guerra, 1994), b. behavioral principles exist for organizing successful support for individual students with problem behavior (Alberto &…”
WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women: Initial Results on Prevalence, Health Outcomes and Women's Responses (2008, background): “Introduced in the late 1970s, the ecological model was first applied to child abuse (28, 29), and subsequently to youth violence (30, 31).”
Context Matters: Schools and the “Research to Practice Gap” in Children's Mental Health (2003, background): “…Report on Youth Violence (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2001) indicated that hundreds of youth violence prevention programs are used in U.S. schools and communities; however, the effect of many such programs is relatively unknown (Gottfredson et al., 2000; Tolan & Guerra, 1994).”
Positive youth development in the United States: Research findings on evaluations of positive youth development programs. (2002, background): “Tolan & Guerra, (1994: 10), in their review of violence prevention programs, found that: …Most interventions tend to focus on changing one promising risk factor, and most emphasize changing only individual (and not social or environmental) characteristics.”
The effects of school-based intervention programs on aggressive behavior: a meta-analysis. (2003, unknown): “Gottfredson, 1997; Kellermann, Fuqua-Whitley, & Rivara, 1997; Powell, Dahlberg, Friday, Mercy, Thornton, & Crawford, 1996; Tolan & Guerra, 1994).”