Police and Youth: The Role of Police Athletic League (PAL) Officers In After-School Programs
Cheryl Alexander, PhD, Principal Investigator
The primary goal of the analysis is to identify themes that may suggest particular training and intervention directions. We will gather qualitative information from PAL police personnel on: - Their perceptions of developmental needs of young people,
- Features of their particular center’s programs that address developmental needs,
- Opportunities and barriers in working with youth, and
- Opportunities, and barriers for implementing developmentally enhancing youth programs, including perceptions of community support and community violence.
Statistical Methods and Analyses For Multiple Violence-Event Data
Mei-Cheng Wang, PhD, Principal Investigator
This pilot project will develop statistical methods and conduct associated analysis for multiple violence-event data. Several types of models will be used to analyze multiple records of violence-events collected in the prevention study. Efficient and robust methods for multivariate time-to-event data will be developed. Children’s Responses to Intimate Partner Femicide
Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, Principal Investigator;
Jennifer Hardesty, PhD
Though the number of children affected by IPH (Intimate Partner homicide) is relatively small, the potential for these children to be profoundly distressed is great and they are at risk to become aggressive and violent as adults in their own relationships. Our research questions include: - What are the needs, responses, and possible psychosocial, psychological, and physical health
problems of children who have experienced IPH? - What are some psychosocial and demographic characteristics associated with risk and protective factors of these children?
- What are the legal, advocacy, and social service needs of these children and their caretakers?
Parenting/Nurturing Project
Lee Bone, Principal Investigator
This project will help develop a more integrated approach to issues related to parent development and to develop procedure for wider use in sustaining parenting programs. The objectives of this project are to: - Build academic-community partnerships to advance activities in parenting/nurturing;
analyze current Maryland activities in regard to parenting/nurturing in context of national programs - Advance local programs to “best practices.”
- Develop principles of how to influence families
- Determine what types of incentives are to be developed for public health oriented programs
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