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• Au Safeguardlivg OUR YOUTH: Violence Prevention for Our Nations Children If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. SAFEGUARDING OUR YOUTH: Violence- Prevention ForOT~r Nations Children Forum Proceedings July 20-21, 1993 • au SAFEGUARDliVG OUR YOUTH: Violence Prevention For Our Nations Children Forum Proceedings Washington, D.C. July 20 -21, 1993 J '" ." . '~'., . Sponsored by U.S. Department of Education U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Department of Health and Human Services U.S. Department ofHousing and Urban Development National School Safety Centel' Janumy 1994 NATIONAL SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER 4165 Thousand Oaks Boulevard. Suite 290 Westlake V1l1age. California 91362 805/373-9977 805/373-9277' FAX Dear Forum Attendee: Thank you for making Safeguarding Our Youth: Violence Preventionfor Our Nation's Children a success. Your participation and commitment of time at the forum are deeply appreciated. We are pleased to provide you with a copy of the forum proceedings that summarizes the suggestions and input of program participants. As Attorney General Janet Reno noted: "Each of us can make a positive difference in the lives of our nation's children. Your attendance and participation at the forum have already demonstrated your strong commitment to protecting our youth and making that difference happen in your own community. " Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley urged federal, state and local governments to view school safety as a top priority. He encouraged local communities to develop cooperative relationships among parents, students, school and community leaders. The National School Safety Center echoes the sentiments of the Attorney General and Secretary of Education. We appreciate you! Cordially, 146415 RONALD D. STEPHENS U.S. Department of Justice Executive Director National Institute of Justice d d exactly as received from the This document has bee,n, repro ~ce oints of view or opinions stated in Enclosure person or organization ofiglOatln1~t. P and do not necessarily represent this document ~~e those °l~ tlhe ~ thO~~ationallnstitute of Justice. the official position or po IC es ' 1£ . material has been yforum94 Permission to reproduce th IS L - gr~~')glic Domain/OJP u. S . Department of 'JustJ.ce to the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) •. Further reproduction outside of the NCJRS system requires permission of the ~owner. A PARTNERSHIP OF PEFPERDINE UNIVERSITY AND THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMEms OF JUSTICE AND EDUCATION Table of Contents Opening of Forum ...................................... "................................................................................ 4 • Deputy Secretary Madeleine Kunin • Deputy Attorney General Philip Heymann Keynote Address ......................................................................................................................... '7 • Secretary of Education Richard Riley Youth Violence as a Public Health Problem: Where We Are Now and Where We Need To Go........................................................................................................................... 11 • Dr. Mark L. Rosenberg Luncheon Speaker ...................................................................................................................... 15 • Dr. Cornel West What's Working and What's Not Working in Safeguarding Our Children and Preventing Violence .................................................................................................................... 21 • Program of Research on the Causes and Correlates of Delinquency: The Rochester Youth Development Study - Dr. Terence Thornberry • Howard University Prev~ntion Project - Dr. Hope Hill Goals 2000 Satellite Town Hall Meeting .................................................................................... 29 Opening of Forum ......................................... ,............................................................................. 31 • Violence in the Media and Its Impact - Senator Paul Simon Youth Panel ................................................................................................................................ 35 • Introductory Remarks - Dr. Franklin Smith • Susan Kidd, Moderator Building Effective Violence Prevention Strategies .................................................... ,............... 51 • Communities That Care: A Three-Step Violence Prevention Model- Dr. J. David Hawkins • San Antonio Fighting Back-Beverly Watts-Davis Luncheon Speaker ...................................................................................................................... 58 • Attorney General Janet Reno Program Fair Summaries ........................................................................................................... 64 Working Group Summaries ....................................................................................................... 79 Report of the Working Groups ..................................... ,............................................................ 101 Closing of Forum - Participants' Dialog With Deputy Secretary Kunin and Deputy Attorney General Heymann ....................................................................................................... 111 Speaker Biographies ................................................................................................................... 116 Participants List ......................................................................................................................... 122 3 Opening of Forum July 20, 1993 8:30-9:00 a.m. The Safeguarding Our Youth: Violence Preventionfor Our Nation's Children forum began with the presentation of colors by the Anned Forces Color Guard. Juan Mendez, a youth participant from Allentown, Pennsylvania, led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. Opening Remarks Madeleine Kunin Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Education Deputy Secretary of Education Kunin welcomed participants to the forum, which was co­ hosted by the Department of Education and the Department of Justice in cooperation with the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. She emphasized the forum's significance as the first national meeting to ad­ dress violence prevention and expressed her pleasure at student participation in the forum. "We, from many walks of life, are brought together under one roof - both you in this build­ ing and we as members of federal agencies - because we have witnessed what you have witnessed," Ms. Kunin said. "Violence is a spreading epidemic. It threatens our security, safety, and even our confidence in our ability to protect ourselves and those around us. In­ creasing acts of violence impede our ability to perrorm the primal adult role of shielding our children from harm until they are able to fend for themselves." "We're acting today as comrades-in-arms agrunst violence because we know that no indi­ vidual - no individual school, no individual organization, and certainly no individual local, state, or federal agency - can solve this problem alone," Ms. Kunin stated. "Only a reinvigorated sense of community can ward off despair and enable us to make a major invest­ ment in prevention. Many of you have been working in this field for years. Never before has your expertise, talent, and commitment been called upon before as it has these days." She added that it can become easy and natural to have a different response to violence - to no longer care when faced with the daily onslaught of deeds of violence in the movies, on television, on the news, and in real life - and stressed that America cannot afford to harden itself against the realities of violence. Ms. Kunin continued by saying that violence is the most rapidly spreading disease today - not only affecting its victims, but also affecting everyone by weakening the sense that enables people to interact with one another. "With our eyes down in passing, with streets deserted, with doors bolted, and with windows barred, what kind of free and democratic. society can this be?" she asked. "To wonder not so much about immorality as amorality, as we look for a 4 sign of emotion from a generation whose members do not seem to know right from wrong and experience neither regret nor remorse. How do we awaken them to feeling and compas­ sion and to respect of life itself?" Ms. Kunin also posed the question of where the process of prevention begins: at birth with love and affection for the infant or the toddler, at school by teaching children conflict resolu­ tion and making schools safe havens, or in communities by changing the communities in which schools reside. "How much can we afford to think about the past or tht:: future when we need to take imme­ diate steps to protect our children and one another by hidng more security guards or buying more metal detectors to get rid of guns?" she asked. "Bow do schools make a choice be­ tween libraries and metal detectors? These are the queljtions that bring us together, and by asking them, we have taken the first step toward finding answers. By turning to one another for knowledge, ideas, and hope, we reassert our sense of control over society which at times seems out of control." Ms. Kunin stated that students must feel safe to learn, that teachers must feel safe to teach, and that personal safety is an essential prerequisite to learning as well as a sign of a humane and just society. She then outlined forum goals: to develop a framework for what is known and what is not known about violence and violence prevention; to offer hope by sharing
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