Citation

White R. Trends Iss. Crime Crim. Justice 2002; 240.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Australian Institute of Criminology)

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Abstract

This paper summarises school based anti gang strategies and programs that might be adopted in Australia. These include anti gang education programs; anti bullying and anti violence programs; better ways of dealing with school absences and exclusions, including school based truancy programs, re entry approaches for excluded and disaffected pupils, and restorative justice conferencing methods; and efforts to present positive models of peer relationships. By focusing on social inclusion, schools can play akey role in preventing antisocial behaviour and gang formation, and the paper summarises the key elements of socially inclusive schooling, as well as general educational strategies to address gang related issues. The predictors of moderately successfulprevention and intervention activities are summarised, and the paper concludes that school based gang prevention and intervention programs work best when there are local solutions to community defined problems.