title: The outlook is G.R.E.A.T.: What educators say about school-based prevention and the Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) program.
abstract: This article reports on a survey of administrators, counselors, and teachers from middle schools involved in the National Evaluation of the Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) program. This survey was part of a multisite evaluation that also elicited the responses of students, parents, and officers teaching the G.R.E.A.T. program. School personnel provide their views about important current issues, including their perceptions of school safety, the role of law enforcement officers in schools, and the role and effectiveness of school-based prevention programs in general and the G.R.E.A.T. program in particular. Results from this survey have important implications for the plethora of prevention programs currently located in American schools.
authors.affiliation: School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, USA.
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: Finn-Aage
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Esbensen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D001130:Arizona; D005178:Faculty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017145:Models, Educational; D009329:Nebraska; D009516:New Mexico; D009922:Oregon; D010414:Pennsylvania; D015397:Program Evaluation; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data