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The Community Guide's systematic reviews of the effectiveness of selected population- based interventions designed to reduce or prevent violence by and against children and adolescents focused on the following strategies:

Youth transfer to adult criminal courts
Early childhood home visitation
Therapeutic foster care
Firearms laws
School-based programs
Reducing psychological harm from traumatic events

	Book Chapter
	Summary of Findings



Legend: Task Force Findings	Recommended	Insufficient Evidence	Recommend Against

Youth transfer to adult criminal courts
	Policies facilitating the transfer of juveniles from juvenile to adult justice systems to reduce violence.

School-based violence prevention programs
	Universal, school-based programs to prevent violent behavior

Reducing psychological harm from traumatic events among children and adolescents
	Individual cognitive behavior therapy
	Group cognitive behavior therapy
	Play therapy
	Art therapy
	Psychodynamic therapy
	Pharmacological therapy
	Psychological debriefing

Early childhood home visitation
	Early childhood home visitation to prevent violence against the child (maltreatment [abuse or neglect])
	Early childhood home visitation to prevent intimate partner violence
	Early childhood home visitation to prevent violence by visited parents (other than child maltreatment or intimate partner violence)
	Early childhood home visitation to prevent violence by visited children

Therapeutic foster care
	Therapeutic foster care for the reduction of violence by chronically delinquent adolescents
	Therapeutic foster care for the reduction of violence by children with severe emotional disturbance

Firearms laws
	Bans on specified firearms or ammunition
	Acquisition restrictions
	Waiting periods for firearm acquisition
	Firearm registration and licensing of firearms owners
	“Shall issue” concealed weapons carry laws
	Child access prevention (CAP) laws
	Zero tolerance of firearms in schools
	Combinations of firearms laws

Full Reports (recommendations & supporting evidence)
	School-based violence prevention programs
	Recommendation. AJPM. 2007: 33 (2S): S112-S113.
	Evidence review: School-based violence prevention programs. AJPM. 2007: 33 (2S): S114-S129.
	School-based interventions for aggressive and disruptive behavior: Update of a meta-analysis. AJPM. 2007. 33 (2S): S130-S143.
	Recommendations. MMWR.. 2007: 56 (No. RR-7): 1-12. (School-based violence prevention programs)
	Youth transfer
	Recommendation. AJPM. 2007: 32 (4S):S5-S6. (Against youth transfer)
	Evidence review: Youth transfer. AJPM. 2007: 32 (4S): S7–S28.
	Early childhood home visitation
	Recommendations. MMWR. 2003: 52 (No. RR-14);1-21.
	Recommendations. AJPM. 2005: 28 (2, Suppl 1):6-10
	Evidence review: Early childhood home visitation. AJPM. 2005: 28 (2, Suppl 1): 11-39.
	Therapeutic foster care
	Recommendations. MMWR. 2004: 53 (No. RR-10);1-8.
	Recommendations. AJPM. 2005: 28 (2, Suppl 1):6-10
	Evidence review: Therapeutic foster care. AJPM. 2005: 28 (2, Suppl 1): 72-90.
	Firearms Laws
	Recommendations. MMWR. 2003: 52 (No. RR-14);1-21.
	Recommendations. AJPM. 2005: 28 (2, Suppl 1):6-10
	Evidence review: Firearms laws. AJPM. 2005: 28 (2, Suppl 1): 40-71.
Commentaries
	Importance of universal school-based programs in preventing violent and aggressive behavior. AJPM. 2007. 33 (2S): S101-S103
	Some thought about research on youth violence prevention. AJPM. 2007. 33 (2S): S104-S106
	School-based violence prevention programs: offering hope for school districts AJPM. 2007. 33 (2S): S107-S108
	A major step forward in violence prevention. AJPM. 2007. 33 (2S): S109-S111.
	American Bar Association. Adult justice system is the wrong answer for most juveniles. AJPM. 2007: 32 (4S): S1-S2.
	Treating juveniles as adult criminals: An iatrogenic violence prevention strategy if ever there was one. AJPM. 2007: 32 (4S): S3-S4
	The challenges of interpreting research for use by practitioners: Comments on the latest products from the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. AJPM. 2005: 28 (2, Suppl 1); 6-10.
	Community interventions to prevent violence: Translation into public health practice. AJPM. 2005: 28 (2, Suppl 1); 4-5.

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	Early childhood home visitation programs
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