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Study quantifies cost-benefit of hospital-based program to keep youth out of prison
Published in Hospital Law Weekly, November 29th, 2007
With violence plaguing inner-city youth at epidemic rates, the report of a new study in the November issue of The Journal of the American College of Surgeons illustrated a research-based approach to confronting this national problem. The study showed that "Caught in the Crossfire," a hospital-based peer intervention program, reduced involvement in the criminal justice system among youth aged 12 to 20. Additionally, this program proved to be cost efficient in comparison with the cost of a stay in a juvenile detention center.
In 2001, the US Surgeon General warned of an epidemic in youth violence, calling for a research-based approach to systematically confronting the...
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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2007-11-29)
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