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The Impact Of Youth Alert! Intervention In Reducing Violence In Schools, Douglas Wain, Hatim A. Omar, Said Shahtahmasebi
The Impact Of Youth Alert! Intervention In Reducing Violence In Schools, Douglas Wain, Hatim A. Omar, Said Shahtahmasebi
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Youth violence has long-term adverse effects on both victims and their communities. Most interventional strategies have little or no impact on reducing violence because they target supporting the victims whilst ignoring a social environment that continually facilitates exposure to violence through social and entertainment media. This paper provides some supporting evidence that interventional strategies that target changing attitudes and behaviour at a very young age through education are likely to positively change behaviour.