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Risk Factors—Individual
Anti-social behavior and alienation/Delinquent beliefs/General delinquency involvement/Drug dealing
Chronic medical and/or physical condition
Cognitive and neurological deficits/Low intelligence quotient/Hyperactivity
Early onset of aggression and/or violence
Early sexual involvement
Favorable attitudes toward drug use/Early onset of AOD use/Alcohol and/or drug use
Gun possession/Illegal gun ownership and/or carrying
Lack of guilt and empathy
Life stressors
Mental disorder/Mental health problem/Conduct disorder
Poor refusal skills
Teen parenthood
Victimization and exposure to violence
Risk Factors—Family
Broken home
Child victimization and maltreatment
Family history of the problem behavior/Parent criminality
Family management problems/Poor parental supervision and/or monitoring
Family transitions
Family violence
Having a young mother
Low parent education level/Illiteracy
Maternal depression
Parental use of physical punishment/Harsh and/or erratic discipline practices
Pattern of high family conflict
Poor family attachment/Bonding
Sibling antisocial behavior
Risk Factors—School
Dropping out of school
Frequent school transitions
Identified as learning disabled
Inadequate school climate/Poorly organized and functioning schools/Negative labeling by teachers
Low academic achievement
Low academic aspirations
Low parent college expectations for child
Negative attitude toward school/Low bonding/Low school attachment/Commitment to school
School suspensions
Truancy/Frequent absences
Risk Factors—Community
Availability of alcohol and other drugs
Availability of firearms
Community crime/High crime neighborhood
Community instability
Economic deprivation/Poverty/Residence in a disadvantaged neighborhood
Feeling unsafe in the neighborhood
Low community attachment
Neighborhood youth in trouble
Social and physical disorder/Disorganized neighborhood
Risk Factors—Peer
Association with delinquent and/or aggressive peers
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Aggression Replacement Training® (ART®)
Ages 12-17
All Children Excel
Ages 6-15
Boys and Girls Club Gang Prevention Through Targeted Outreach
Ages 6-18
Broader Urban Involvement and Leadership Development Program (BUILD)
Ages 10-17
CASASTART
Ages 8-13
Club HERO (Helping Everyone Reach Out)
Ages 10-12
Consistency Management & Cooperative Discipline®
Ages 3-18
Coping Power Program
Ages 9-11
Early Risers ‘Skills for Success’ Program
Ages 6-10
East Texas Experiential Learning Center
Ages 12-13
Family Matters
Ages 12-14
Fast Track
Ages 5-15
First Step to Success
Ages 5-6
Gang Resistance Is Paramount
Ages 7-16
Get Real About Violence
Ages 5-18
Girls’ Circle
Ages 9-18
Great Body Shop
Ages 4-14
I Can Problem Solve
Ages 4-12
Linking the Interests of Families and Teachers (LIFT)
Ages 6-11
Lions-Quest Skills for Adolescence
Ages 10-14
Lions-Quest Working Toward Peace
Ages 10-14
Multidimensional Family Therapy
Ages 11-18
Multisystemic Therapy
Ages 12-17
Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
Ages 6-14
Operation Ceasefire
Ages 15-24
Parenting With Love and Limits®
Ages 10-18
PeaceBuilders
Ages 5-11
Peers Making Peace
Ages 5-22
Perry Preschool Project
Ages 3-4
Philadelphia Youth Violence Reduction
Ages 14-19
Positive Action
Ages 5-18
Preventive Treatment Program
Ages 7-9
Project PACE
Ages 9-10
Project Toward No Drug Abuse
Ages 14-19
Responding In Peaceful and Positive Ways
Ages 10-14
Richmond Comprehensive Homicide Initiative
Ages 12-30
SMART Leaders
Ages 13-17
STEP (School Transitional Environmental Program)
Ages 12-18
San Diego County Breaking Cycles
Ages 12-17
Say It Straight
Ages 8-18
School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program
Ages 6-17
Second Step®: A Violence Prevention Curriculum
Ages 4-14
Skills, Opportunities, and Recognition (SOAR)
Ages 5-14
Social Decision Making/Problem Solving Program
Ages 5-14
Steps to Respect®: A Bullying Prevention Program
Ages 8-12
Supporting Adolescents with Guidance and Employment (SAGE)
Ages 12-16
Teaching Students to Be Peacemakers
Ages 7-18
Teams–Games–Tournaments Alcohol Prevention
Ages 13-17
Too Good for Drugs
Ages 5-18
Too Good for Violence
Ages 5-18
Tribes
Ages 5-18
Urban Improv
Ages 8-11
Urban Women Against Substance Abuse
Ages 9-15
Violence Prevention Curriculum for Adolescents
Ages 12-18
Woodrock Youth Development Program
Ages 6-14
Wraparound Milwaukee
Ages 13-17
Gang involvement/Gang membership
Peer alcohol, tobacco, and/or other drug use
Peer rejection