Another common set of prevention strategies
addressing youth violence focuses on early intervention
with children and families. Such programmes
provide parents with information about
child development and teach them how to effectively
discipline, monitor and supervise children,
as well as how to manage family conflict and
improve communication. Parent and family-based
interventions are among the most promising
strategies for producing long-term reductions in
youth violence.
Other approaches focus on community settings
and some of the more prominent societal factors
related to youth violence. They range from public
information campaigns and community policing
to improving settings such as schools and hospitals.
Also included are legislative, judicial, and
educational reforms as well as other policy
reforms designed to mitigate the effects of rapid
social change and tackle gun violence among
youths. Most of these approaches, though, have
not been evaluated.