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Milburn, Norweeta G.; Rice, Eric; Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane; Mallett, Shelley; Rosenthal, Doreen; Batterham, Phillip; May, Susanne J.; Witkin, Andrea; Duan, Naihua – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2009
The Risk Amplification and Abatement Model (RAAM) demonstrates that negative contact with socializing agents amplify risk, while positive contact abates risk for homeless adolescents. To test this model, the likelihood of exiting homelessness and returning to familial housing at 2 years and stably exiting over time are examined with longitudinal…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Homeless People, Attendance, Adolescents
Jaycox, Lisa H.; Aronoff, Jessica; Shelley, Gene A. – RAND Corporation, 2007
Break the Cycle is a private, nonprofit organization that seeks to end domestic violence by working proactively with youth. Founded in 1996, it includes a preventive education and outreach program, a legal services program, and a peer leadership program. All three programs focus exclusively on youth aged 12-22 years. In 2000, Centers for Disease…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Family Violence, Sexual Harassment, Outreach Programs
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Carlson, Pam – Voice of Youth Advocates, 1994
Describes the growth and development of a library program serving a shelter for abused and neglected children and youth and a juvenile detention center in Orange County (California). Program funding, materials preferred by teen users, library management, special events, and problems are discussed. Teen patrons and their use of the services are…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Child Abuse, Child Neglect