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                            Funding & Awards
 Process and Outcome Evaluation of G.R.E.A.T.
Award Information
Awardee
              Curators of the University of Missouri on Behalf UMSL
Award #
              2006-JV-FX-0011
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    St. Louis, MO
Awardee County
              St. Louis
Congressional District
              1
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2006
Total funding (to date)
              $2,497,585
Original Solicitation
              Process and Outcome Evaluation of G.R.E.A.T.
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2006, $2,497,585)
I. To assess the middle-school curriculum, a multi-site panel study will be conducted consisting of six waves of data (pre- and post-tests in Year1 and four annual follow-ups) that will track students from 6th or 7th through 10th or 11th grade in six cities. Classrooms will be randomly assigned to G.R.E.A.T. and non-G.R.E.A.T. Based on prior experience and on information provided by the G.R.E.A.T. RAs, a sample is anticipated of approximately 3,750 students enrolled in 200 classrooms. Given the necessity of active consent procedures and the importance of high annual retention rates, specific strategies have been developed for enhancing participation rates and reducing panel attrition. Hierarchical modeling techniques will be used to assess effectiveness by controlling for city, school, and classroom effects. Additional analyses will control for 'risk' level and differential attrition rates.
II. The family component and the process evaluation will consist largely of qualitative observations of program delivery. Officer training (at least six sessions), classroom instruction (approximately 600 classroom observations are scheduled), and family components (all sessions in selected sites) will be systematically observed. Focus group interviews will be conducted with family component participants. These labor-intensive efforts are necessary to adequately address program fidelity. Alternative measures of program fidelity and outcome will be obtained through surveys of officers and school personnel.
III.  Policy implications and plans for dissemination are integral aspects of our overall evaluation design. NIJ and the G.R.E.A.T. management will be informed via interim reports and presentations, including National Policy Board and National Training Committee meetings, the annual G.R.E.A.T. conference, and professional conferences.
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Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      Selection, stability, and spuriousness: Testing Gottfredson and Hirschi's propositions to reinterpret street gangs in self-control perspective
                  "Nerve" and violent encounters: An assessment of fearlessness in the face of danger
                  "Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones, But Bullying Will Get Me Bangin'": Bullying Involvement and Adolescent Gang Joining
                  "Experience of the Expected?" Race and Ethnicity Differences in the Effects of Police Contact on Youth
                  What's Sex (Composition) Got To Do With It? The Importance of Sex Composition of Gangs for Female and Male Members' Offending and Victimization
                  After the Bell and into the Night: The Link Between Delinquency and Traditional, Cyber-, and Dual-Bullying Victimization
                  Arrest and the Amplification of Deviance: Does Gang Membership Moderate the Relationship?
                  Differentiating Between Delinquent Groups and Gangs: Moving Beyond Offending Consequences
                  Effect of Police Contact: Does Official Intervention Result in Deviance Amplification?
                  The Importance of Being Satisfied: A Longitudinal Exploration of Police Contact, Procedural Injustice, and Subsequent Delinquency
                  School Climate and Violence: Does Immigrant Status Matter?
                  Helping At-Risk Youth Say "No" to Gangs
                                                                      NIJ Journal,
                  Arrested Development: Does the Grade Level at Which Juveniles Experience Arrest Matter
                  The Code of Silence in Schools: An Assessment of a Socio-Ecological Model of Youths Willingness to Report School Misbehavior
                  Process and Outcome Evaluation of the G.R.E.A.T. Program
                  Youth Gang Desistance: An Examination of the Effect of Different Operational Definitions of Desistance on the Motivations, Methods, and Consequences Associated With Leaving the Gang
                  Unintended Consequences of Being Stopped or Arrested: An Exploration of the Labeling Mechanisms Through Which Police Contact Leads to Subsequent Delinquency
                  Who Are the Gangsters?: An Examination of the Age, Race/Ethnicity, Sex, and Immigration Status of Self-Reported Gang Members in a Seven-City Study of American Youth
                  Evaluation and Evolution of the Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program
                  Exploring the Measurement Quality of an Attitudinal Scale of Street Code-Related Violence: Similarities and Differences Across Groups and Contexts

  
Date Created: May 23, 2006
    
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