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39 J. Res. Crime & Delinquency 3 (2002)

handle is hein.journals/jrcd39 and id is 1 raw text is: QUALITY OF SCHOOL-BASED PREVENTION PROGRAMS: RESULTS FROM A NATIONAL SURVEY DENISE C. GOTTFREDSON GARY D. GOTTFREDSON A national probability sample of 3,691 school-based prevention activities operating in the spring of 1998 is used to describe the quality of implementation of typical school-based prevention practices, compare the quality of implementation ofpreven- tion practice with what is typical in prevention research, and test hypotheses about predictors of the quality of implementation. Results indicate that the quality of school-based prevention practices as they are implemented in the typical school is low. The examination of correlates of prevention quality suggests that the level of implementation ofprevention practices can be improved through better integration of these activities into normal school operations; more extensive local planning and involvement in decisions about what to implement; greater organizational support in the form of high-quality training, supervision, and principal support; and greater standardization of program materials and methods. Implications for practice are discussed. Recent years have seen growth in the development and application of pre- vention programs. Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE), developed in 1983, is now implemented in nearly half of the nation's elementary schools (G. D. Gottfredson et al., 2000). Between 1987 and 1994, the Center for Sub- stance Abuse Prevention made 363 grants directed at high-risk youth. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms promotes and sponsors gang resis- tance education and training (GREAT) programs; the Administration on This research was supported by grant number 96-MU-MU-0008 from the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice. Additional support was provided by grant number 98-JN-FX-0004 from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Depart- ment of Justice, and by the U.S. Department of Education. The opinions expressed do not necessar- ily reflect the positions or policy of any sponsor. We thank Suzanne Busby, David Cantor, Scott Crosse, Ellen R. Czeh, Rebecca Gold, Irene Hantman, Elizabeth M. Jones, Jacob Lawrence, Kirsten Mackler, Felicia Morings, Allison Payne, Nicole Piquero, April Rose, Lana Ryaboy, Gary Shapiro, Rebecca Silverman, Adriana Wade, and Shannon Womer for assistance with this research. This report is based on a longer technical report by G. D. Gottfredson et al. (2000). JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, Vol. 39 No. 1, February 2002 3-35 0 2002 Sage Publications 3

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