National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
The Resource Center has done a great job in compiling a list of studies and articles that focus on after school programs. In this article, you’ll find numerous studies and resources that will help answer any questions, concerns, or curiosities you might have about after school programs. The Center stresses the importance of after school programs to combat both juvenile violence and violence against juveniles. The Center states that, “juveniles are at the highest risk of being a victim of violence between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. And the peak hour for juvenile crime is from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., the first hour that most students are dismissed from school.” The centers website and this document show in great detail the need for programs like Baltimore BORN.
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