Individual-level community-based services aim to target criminogenic risk factors that may lead to gun-involved crime. These services can be provided to at-risk youth prior to formal justice system involvement or may be ordered for youth who are diverted from formal justice-system processing or as part of parole supervision.
Specific programs and implementation sites:
Helpful resources and citations:
- National Youth Violence Prevention Update, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Primary implementing agency:
- Direct service providers
Potential partnering agencies:
- No partners required
Links to evaluation evidence:
- Functional Family Therapy, Effective
- Life Skills Training, Effective
- Multisystemic Therapy, Effective
- Reducing crime among youth at risk for gang involvement, Promising
- Treatment Foster Care Oregon, Effective
PSN Pillars
Community Engagement
Prevention and Intervention