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School-Based Violence Prevention Programs

Dusenbury, L., Falco, M., Lake, A., Brannigan, R., & Bosworth, K. (1997). Nine critical elements of promising violence prevention programs. Journal of School Health, 67(10), 409-414.

The theme or key idea for this article was the identification of approaches to school-based violence prevention, that are successful and those that are not effective.

The problem studied was violence and aggressive behavior in teen-age years. The United States has the highest rates of violence found in the industrialized world and while many violence prevention programs have been initiated, it is unclear which are effective and which are not and why each is successful or unsuccessful.

Hypotheses for this study were not formally stated, the literature was reviewed and interviews with experts were conducted to determine successful and unsuccessful aspects of a prevention program.

Research questions for this study were not formally stated, however, the study sought to determine the successful and unsuccessful components of a violence prevention program. Interview questions were centered around the following two questions relevant to the study: What do you think we know about what works in violence prevention? and Are there approaches that appear not to be effective?

The predictions for this study were not formally stated or implies.

The article provided a comprehensive bibliography to support the need for the study and acquire evidence to support their findings.

The sample for the study included 15 experts on topics related to school-based violence prevention. More information regarding these experts was not provided. The remainder of findings were based on a review of relevant literature.

The study findings were consistent with the previous results and in fact were the partial result of analysis of previous findings.

Falsification principles were not formally utilized since there was no hypothesis and therefore no null hy...

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