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. 2018 Jan 9;14(1):i–216. doi: 10.4073/csr.2018.1

Methods

Randomised controlled trial

Participants

1050 fifth through eighth grade school students

59% Male, 62.5% Hispanic

Location

United States

Interventions

Student Targeted with Opportunities for Prevention (STOP program). It is a crime prevention programme offering a tutorial component, family and individual counselling, gang education as well as a drug and alcohol counselling intervention. The aim of the programme is that students will enter high school having what it takes to be a successful student and community member.

Programme deliverers

Probation Officer, community agencies

Evaluator role

Independent

Outcomes

School grades

School attendance

School suspension

School expulsion

Alcohol and drug use

Contacts with the Juvenile Justice System

Length

One year

Assessment

Follow‐up

Attrition

39%

COI statement

Not presented

CoFI

Unlikely. Programme was implemented by the probation service in collaboration with public agencies (p. 41‐3)