The best method for gang prevention comes from youth interference, not more jail time or stronger police presence in neighborhoods.
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The Montreal experiment followed 200 disruptive 6 year olds. One group was exposed to social skills and self control training and a control group was allowed to live normally. Only 2% of the treatment group joined a gang while 19% of the control did.pic.twitter.com/r8NA8KyOCU
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According to the center for the study and prevention of violence at the university of Colorado-boulder the most successful programs for crime prevention come from:
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1. The midwestern prevention project 2. Big Brothers Big Sisters 3. Functional Family Therapy 4. Life skills training 5. Multi-systemic Therapy
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The Seattle social development project costed $2,800 per participant The average cost of incarceration for juveniles costs $100,000 per year Effective prevention efforts can produce a direct savings of $7 in criminal justice costs for every $1 spent on prevention
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