Community Policing Helps Reduce Youth Violence
August 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Harvard Law School directed five case studies of four cities that have made significant efforts to reduce youth violence or reform the juvenile justice system.
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Video Documents how Boston Dramatically Reduced Youth Violence
June 30, 2003 | Program Result Report
Mediawrights, a communications strategy and production company, developed a videotape, a Web site and marketing materials to describe the experience of the Boston Strategy to Prevent Youth Violence.
Kansas City Ladder to Leadership Fellow Informs Community Health Through the Juvenile Justice System
April 10, 2013 | Story
Tracie McClendon-Cole was an accomplished lawyer, juvenile justice expert, and health equality advocate in Kansas City, Mo., when she became a Ladder to Leadership fellow to become an instrument of change in the community.
Documentary Highlights Successful Strategy to Reduce Youth Violence and Homicide
June 30, 1999 | Program Result Report
Join Together, Boston, produced a documentary video on Boston's comprehensive public-private sector strategy (called the Boston Strategy) to reduce youth violence and homicide.
Safer Newark, N.J., Initiative Sets Low Tolerance for Repeat Offenders and Firearm Use
February 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
Rutgers University's School of Criminal Justice pulled together a task force to examine the nature of Newark's violent crime problem and take steps to address it.
Yo! That's Phat! - Street Smart Truancy Program Gets Kids Back in School
July 24, 2002 | Program Result Report
The Boston Police Department developed a model truancy intervention program for middle and high school students in Boston and documented the program's development.
Fighting Delinquency with Three M's
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The goal of this project conducted by Public/Private Ventures was to produce a report on youth crime, delinquency, and substance abuse that could be used to inform and guide RWJF's program development in the area of criminal justice and substance abuse.