Transforming prevention systems in the United States and the Netherlands using Communities That Care Promising prevention in the eyes of Josine Junger-Tas.
Josine Junger-Tas introduced the Communities That Care (CTC) prevention system to the Netherlands as a promising approach to address the growing youth violence and delinquency. Using data from a randomized trial of CTC in the United States and a quasi-experimental study of CTC in the Netherlands, this article describes the results of a comparison of the implementation of CTC in 12 U.S. communities and 5 Dutch neighborhoods. CTC communities in both countries achieved higher stages of a science-based approach to prevention than control communities, but full implementation of CTC in the Netherlands was hampered by the very small list of prevention programs tested and found effective in the Dutch context.
Verwey-Jonker Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands; msteketeee@verwey-jonker.nl , +31302300799 (phone), +31302300683 (fax).
Majone
M
Steketee
Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington, USA; soe@uw.edu , (206) 221-4917 (phone), (206) 543-4507 (fax).
Sabrina
S
Oesterle
Verwey-Jonker Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands; msteketeee@verwey-jonker.nl , +31302300799 (phone), +31302300683 (fax).
Harrie
H
Jonkman
Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington, USA; soe@uw.edu , (206) 221-4917 (phone), (206) 543-4507 (fax).
J David
JD
Hawkins
Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington, USA; soe@uw.edu , (206) 221-4917 (phone), (206) 543-4507 (fax).
Kevin P
KP
Haggerty
Verwey-Jonker Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands; msteketeee@verwey-jonker.nl , +31302300799 (phone), +31302300683 (fax).
Claire
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Aussems
Adolescent drug use; cross-national comparison; delinquency; prevention; risk and protective factors