Most educational interventions to counter community violence focus on individual behavior or group interaction, while strategies for transformation of social systems are underrepresented¶

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q2 i? Across the reviewed educational interventions, most focus on either individual behavior or group interaction, and strategies for transformation of social systems are underrepresented. → van Dijk 2026

Evidence¶

van Dijk 2026¶

van Dijk, A, de Haan, M & de Winter, M 2026, 'Educational Responses Toward Community Violence : A Critical Analysis of Perspectives on Causes and Solutions', Review of Educational Research, vol. 96, no. 3, pp. 829-869. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543251324491

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The review's own critical analysis of distinctions in perspectives, objectives, and strategies across the broad range of educational interventions to counter community violence. The article reports the imbalance in focus as its central result, with no effect sizes printed.

"The results show most interventions focus on either individual behavior or group interaction, while strategies for transformation of social systems are underrepresented."

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