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Gang prevention education programs in selected public secondary schools in the Midwest
Abstract
Increased attention to youth violence in schools, especially organized gang activity, led to heightened interest in containing, controlling, and preventing gang activity in public secondary schools in the Midwest. This study elicited information from principals and counselors in public secondary schools in the Midwest about the availability and the perceived effectiveness of gang prevention education programs. It further studied whether school size had any effect as perceived by principals and counselors on the availability or the perceived effectiveness of gang prevention education programs in public secondary schools in the Midwest. This study examined 6 community-based gang prevention education programs available and perceived to be effective as gang prevention education programs in public secondary schools in the Midwest. The sample included principals and counselors from 80 selected public secondary schools within 7 mid-size metropolitan cities in the Midwest. Also included within these 80 public secondary schools were the public secondary schools in the 3 selected cities within a 50-mile radius of each mid-size metropolitan city. The intent was to target principals and counselors with knowledge about gang prevention education programs. The study finds gang prevention education programs are not affected by school size. The 3 school sizes are classified as small, medium, and large. When the data is organized by school size, principals and counselors in all 3 school sizes rate the Conflict Resolution program (51%) as the most available and perceived as the most effective gang prevention education program. Both principals and counselors agree the Conflict Resolution program and the D.A.R.E. program are the most widely available and are perceived to be the most effective gang prevention education programs for students in public secondary schools in the Midwest. The only significant difference found between principals and counselors is the availability and the perceived effectiveness of the Reduction of Street Violence gang prevention education program. Principals and counselors rate the availability and the perceived effectiveness of the gang prevention education program the same for the Conflict Resolution program and for the D.A.R.E. program.
Subject Area
School administration|Secondary education|Academic guidance counseling
Recommended Citation
Crehan, Jacquelyn Romeo, "Gang prevention education programs in selected public secondary schools in the Midwest" (1996). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI9715960.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI9715960