@article{ref1,
title="Evaluation of a court-ordered violence prevention program for gun-involved youths",
journal="Youth violence and juvenile justice",
year="2024",
author="Hipple, Natalie Kroovand and Lentz, Theodore S.",
volume="22",
number="2",
pages="108-124",
abstract="As youth gun violence continues to plague marginalized US communities, knowledge about &quot;what works&quot; to prevent injury and illegal gun activity within this population remains a contentious and pressing issue. This study investigates the impacts of Project Life--an education-based youth gun violence prevention program--on recidivism outcomes for a sample of 368 youths in Indianapolis, Indiana, between 2015 and 2019. We conducted retrospective outcome analyses to compare youths who completed the program (83%) to youths who did not complete the program. We find that youths who completed the program were significantly less likely to recidivate with a gun violence offense within an average follow-up period of 1.5 years following enrollment in the program. Youths who spent more time incarcerated and had a parent who was incarcerated were at higher recidivism risk when controlling for prior history of offending and other key risk factors. These nonexperimental findings show short-term promise for education-based violence prevention programming for youths at risk with fewer concerns of widening the net of carceral punishment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1541-2040",
doi="10.1177/15412040231216703",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15412040231216703"
}