{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["011:21"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Open Data Office of Justice Programs (USDOJ)", "hasEmail": "mailto:opendata@usdoj.gov"}, "dataQuality": false, "description": "This research project sought to evaluate the impact of\r\n broad-based multifaceted violence prevention programs versus programs\r\n that have a more limited focus. Two specific programs were evaluated\r\n in four New York City middle schools. The more limited program used\r\n Project S.T.O.P.(Students Teaching Options for Peace), a conflict\r\n resolution and peer mediation training program. The full\r\n multi-faceted program combined Project S.T.O.P. with Safe Harbor, a\r\n program that provided victimization counseling and taught violence\r\n prevention. The effects of this combined program, offered in three of\r\n the middle schools, were compared to those of just the Project\r\n S.T.O.P. program alone in one middle school. To study the program\r\n models, researchers used a quasi-experimental pre-post design, with\r\n nonequivalent comparison groups. Questionnaires were given to students\r\n to assess the impact of the two programs. Students were asked about\r\n their knowledge and use of prevention programs in their schools. Data\r\n were also collected on students' history of victimization, such as\r\n whether they were ever attacked at school, stolen from, mugged, or\r\n threatened with a weapon. Students were also asked about their\r\n attitudes toward verbal abuse, victims of violence, and conditions\r\n when revenge is acceptable, and their exposure to violence, including\r\n whether they knew anyone who was sexually abused, beaten, or attacked\r\n because of race, gender, or sexual orientation. Additional questions\r\n covered students' use of aggressive behaviors, such as whether they\r\n had threatened someone with a weapon or had beaten, slapped, hit, or\r\n kicked someone. Data were also gathered on the accessibility of\r\n alcohol, various drugs, weapons, and stolen property. Demographic\r\n variables include students' school grade, class, sex, number of\r\nbrothers and sisters, and household composition.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02704.v1", "title": "Evaluation of Violence Prevention Programs in Four New York City Middle Schools, 1993-1994  "}], "identifier": "2926", "issued": "1999-10-04T00:00:00", "keyword": ["conflict resolution", "crime in schools", "crime prevention", "mediation", "middle schools", "peer groups", "program evaluation", "student attitudes", "victimization", "violence"], "language": ["eng"], "license": "http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/", "modified": "2005-11-04T00:00:00", "programCode": ["011:060"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "National Institute of Justice", "subOrganizationOf": {"acronym": "OJP", "id": 22, "name": "Office of Justice Programs", "parentOrganization": {"acronym": "DOJ", "id": 10, "name": "Department of Justice"}, "parentOrganizationID": 10}}, "title": "Evaluation of Violence Prevention Programs in Four New York City Middle Schools, 1993-1994  "}