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- While many conflicts may originate in schools because of their natural
harboring of social groupings, most crimes and violent outcomes occur
out-of-school…
- In each school year from July 1, 1992 to June 30, 2000, youth ages 5-19
were at least 70 times more likely to be murdered away from school than
at school. (NCES, from CDC YRBSS data, 2003)
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- 3 areas of vulnerability:
- Appraisal stage of social interaction (e.g., assessing how dangerous or
threatening it is)
- Problem-solving stage (e.g., tend to generate maladaptive solutions
based on negative perceptions and limited response options)
- Have non-normative expectations for how useful violence can/will be in
resolving their social problems
- SO – by removing guns and weapons from the environment, this helps
change normative expectations and attitudes regarding the use of guns as
effective problem solving agents
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- A component of the National Day of Concern About Young People and Gun
Violence
- See their web site and materials at:
- www.pledge.org/
- Goals: (1) encourage youth to take active role/steps toward reducing
gun violence
- (2) create safer school environments
- (3) involve schools, parents & communities in firearm safety
awareness and gun violence prevention
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- Contact Info for Project Sentry or other Youth Violence training needs:
- Robin Jenkins, Ph.D.
910.433.1116
- P.O. Box 30
- Fayetteville, NC 28302-0030
- rjenkins@cccommunicare.org
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