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The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services

Together, the Community Guide and the Clinical Guide provide evidence-based recommendations across the prevention spectrum.

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Violence Prevention: Youth Transfer to Adult Criminal System

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This review considers laws or policies that facilitate the transfer of youth to the adult criminal justice system to reduce interpersonal violence, either specifically, among those youth who have experienced the adult justice system, or generally, as a deterrent to the youth population as a whole.

Task Force Recommendations & Findings

This table lists the intervention reviewed by the Community Guide, with a summary of the Task Force finding (definitions of findings). Click on an underlined intervention title for a summary of the review.

Policies Facilitating the Transfer of Juveniles to Adult Justice Systems Recommended Against
April 2003

Presentations & Promotional Materials

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Using Evidence for Public Health Decision Making: Violence Prevention Focused on Children and Youth Adobe PDF File [PDF - 466KB] Developed by The Community Guide



Disclaimer

The findings and conclusions on this page are those of the Community Preventive Services Task Force and do not necessarily represent those of CDC.

Sample Citation

The content of publications of the Guide to Community Preventive Services is in the public domain. Citation as to source, however, is appreciated. Sample citation: Guide to Community Preventive Services. Violence prevention: youth transfer to adult criminal system. www.thecommunityguide.org/violence/youth.html. Last updated: MM/DD/YYYY.