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Disaster Center Crime Rates in New Jersey from 1960 to 1997 www.disastercenter.com/crime/njcrimn.htm
Teen Violence Prevention Programs
Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) Program of the Camden County Sheriff's Office Sergeant Debra Bell PO Box 769 Camden, NJ 08101 Phone: 856-225-5523 Fax: 856-225-5578 URL: www.co.camden.nj.us/ sheriff/great.htm	The GREAT program is designed to help 7th graders become responsible members of their communities by setting goals for themselves, resisting pressures, learning how to resolve conflicts and understanding how gangs impact the quality of their life. GREAT is a 9-week program, giving students a new philosophical outlook concerning gang activity and the tools needed to resist gang pressure.
Northeast Region Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) Michael Rosati, Project Director Education Development Center, Inc. 55 Chapel Street Newton, MA 02158-1060 Phone: 617-969-7100 E-mail: michaelr@edc.org URL: www2.edc.org/capt	The fundamental mission of the national CAPT system is to bring research to practice. The CAPT system is designed to work with States and local communities, policymakers and local leaders, agencies and task forces to apply the science-based prevention technology that works. This group works in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, and Vermont.
Outreach Program of the Group Homes of Camden County, Incorporated Dr. Shirley Williams, Director Mailing: P.O. Box 1538 Street: 35 South 29th Street Camden, NJ 08105 Phone: 609-541-9283 Fax: 609-541-5332 E-mail: ghccinc@aol.com URL: www.grouphomesofcamden.com	Takes a therapeutic approach to outreach by counseling juveniles identified as at-risk by school referrals, law enforcement agencies, child services, and community members. Three outreach counselors work directly with families and children.
Psychological Enterprises, Inc. Dr. Maurice Elias 145 Washington Street Morristown, NJ 07960 Phone: 973-829-6806 E-mail: eq@eqparenting.com URL: www.EQParenting.com	Psychological Enterprises is an innovative partnership linking social decision making and problem solving to modern intervention technology and parenting. The areas of self-control, group participation and social awareness, and social-cognitive decision making skills are key components of interventions reaching children at high, moderate, and low levels of risk in schools, agency and clinical contexts.
Social Decision Making/Problem Solving Program John Clabby, Clinical Administrator University of Medicine and Dentistry, University Behavioral HealthCare Institute for Quality Research and Training, 335 George Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Phone: 732-235-9280 Fax: 732-235-9277 E-mail: spsweb@umdnhj.edu URL: www2.umdnj.edu/ spsweb/news.htm	The School Decision Making/Problem Solving model has been working with school districts for more than twenty years developing, researching and disseminating research validated school based programming to promote social competence and emotional intelligence. They also run an Early Start Mentoring program which works with children in kindergarten through 2nd grade who are identified as "at risk" for aggressive behavior and/or emotional disturbance.
Violence Institute of New Jersey Michael B. Greene, PhD, Executive Director University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey 30 Bergen Street, Ste. 208 Newark, NJ 07107 Phone: 973-972-2483 Fax: 973-972-1128 E-mail: greenemb@umdnj.edu URL: www.umdnj.edu/vinjweb	A central organizational resource on violence issues for the state of New Jersey.
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