Murder Is No Accident – Understanding and Preventing Youth Violence in America

Murder Is No AccidentUnderstanding and Preventing Youth Violence in America\nAuthor(s): Deborah Prothrow-Stith, Howard R. Spivak\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9780787969806, 978-0787969806\nSynopsis\nAuthors Deborah Prothrow-Stith and Howard R. Spivak two prominent Boston-area public health officials who played leading roles in that city's turnaround show that the key to Boston's success was creating an interdisciplinary citywide movement. The city's movement made up of educators, community leaders, police officers, emergency room workers, activist teens, teen and family member survivors of violence, and many others worked for more than ten years to implement multifaceted preventive programs that confronted each risk factor for youth violence, including \n\nPositive Role Models: Peer mentoring and teacher-training programs\nHealthy and Safe Communities: Youth centers, after-school programs, and other os