Communities That Care: Building Community Engagement and Capacity to Prevent Youth Behavior Problems

by J. David Hawkins, Abigail A. Fagan, David P. Farrington

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190299223
• ISBN13: 9780190299224
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"