Programs to Reduce Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Assault: Perspectives on What Works

Arlene N. Weisz and Beverly M. Black

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ISBN: 978-0-231-13453-8
$35.00 / £24.00

April, 2009
Cloth, 336 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables
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Acknowledgments ix

1 Introduction: Goals for the Book 1

2 Project Design and Methodology 10

3 Theoretical Considerations 16

4 Program Goals 25

5 Recruitment Issues for Prevention Programs 39

6 Membership 61

7 Structure 74

8 Program Content 96

9 Diversity Issues in Prevention Programs 126

10 Curricula Development 139

11 Peer Leadership Programs 150

12 Parental, School Staff, and Community Involvement 176

13 Evaluation of Prevention Programs 195

14 Qualities of Ideal Prevention Educators 213

15 Rewarding, Troubling, and Challenging Aspects 233

16 Wish Lists, Strengths, and Trends 261

Appendix A Programs Interviewed 277

Appendix B Interview Guide 281

References 285

Index 303

Related Subjects

• Social Welfare

About the Author

Arlene Weisz joined the faculty of the School of Social Work at Wayne State University in 1995, after a social work career that included practice with adolescents. She researches adult and adolescent partner violence and sexual assault prevention and has co-coordinated and evaluated dating violence and sexual assault prevention programs for middle-school youth and university students. Beverly Black is a professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington. For several years she co-coordinated and evaluated dating violence and sexual assault prevention programs for adolescents and university students in Detroit, Michigan. She conducts research and publishes on issues related to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and prevention programming.

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