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Communities that Care

Building Community Engagement and Capacity to Prevent Youth Behavior Problems

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

AvAbigail A. Fagan,J. David Hawkins,David P. Farrington,Richard F. Catalano

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Scholars and policymakers increasingly call for evidence-based, prevention-oriented, and community-driven approaches to improve public health and reduce youth crime, substance use, and related problems. However, few functional models exist. In Communities that Care, four leading experts on prevention describe one such system to illustrate how communities effectively engage in prevention activities. Communities That Care (CTC) is a coalition-based prevention system implemented successfully in dozens of communities across the world that promotes healthy development and reduces crime rates for youth. Drawing on literature from criminology, community psychology, and prevention science this book describes the conditions and actions necessary for effective community-based prevention. The authors illustrate how effective community-based prevention can be undertaken by describing how the CTC prevention system has been developed, implemented, evaluated, and disseminated across the U.S. and internationally. Communities that Care shares invaluable lessons about the implementation and evaluation of community-level interventions and establishes a set of best practices for anyone seeking to engage in and/or evaluate effective prevention efforts.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-01-24
Mått236 x 160 x 25 mm
Vikt646 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieAcademic
Antal sidor374
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780190299217

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Abigail A. Fagan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Criminology & Law at the University of Florida.David Hawkins is the Endowed Professor of Prevention and Founding Director of the Social Development Research Group at the University of Washington School of Social Work. Richard F. Catalano is the Bartley Dobb Professor for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the School of Social Work, University of Washington and the co-founder of the Social Development Research Group.David P. Farrington is Emeritus Professor of Psychological Criminology at the Institute of Criminology at Cambridge University.

Preface by Francis Cullen Chapter 1: Community-Based Prevention of Youth Behavioral Health Problems Chapter 2: Theoretical Perspectives Guiding the Development and Evaluation of CTC Chapter 3: The Development and Evaluation of CTC Chapter 4: The Importance of Readiness and High-Functioning Coalitions in Community-based Prevention Chapter 5: Improving Community Capacity to Conduct Comprehensive Prevention Needs Assessments Chapter 6: Increasing the Use of Evidence-based Interventions to Reduce Youth Behavioral Health ProblemsChapter 7: Ensuring High Quality Implementation and Sustainability of Evidence-based Interventions and CoalitionsChapters 8: Findings from the Community Youth Development StudyChapter 9: A State-wide Effectiveness Trial of CTC in Pennsylvania Chapter 10: The Future of CTC and Community-based Prevention

The book is well written and within the reach of the average reader. It is well referenced and adequately indexed. The authors make effective use of tables, charts, and illustrations. Communities That Care is recommended for the general holdings of all libraries and will be particularly useful to citizen activists, community developers, practitioners, and researchers focused on the treatment of troubled youth.