America's Child Care and Pre-K Crisis: A Crime Prevention Tragedy
Author and Contributors: Brazelton, T.; Sanford Newman, William Christeson; William Bratton, Jerry Sanders; Edward Zigler, Lawrence Sherman
Publisher: Fight Crime: Invest in Kids (2003)
Review Level: Informal review
Primary Content Area: Early Childhood
Content Type: Research; Programming Resource
Audience: General Public & Consumers; Professionals, Educators & Program Staff
Resource Type: Not an extension nor a land-grant developed resource
Keywords: child care, school-age, crime prevention, violence prevention, quality care, fight crime, public policy
Description: This brief summarizes the report of an expert panel convened by FIGHT CRIME: INVEST IN KIDS, an anti-crime group of over 2,000 police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors, victims of violence, and youth violence experts.
Research shows that quality educational child care for preschool-age children and after-school programs for older kids lead to lower rates of crime, drug use and welfare dependence, and to higher rates of high school graduation as the children grow up. Tragically, inadequate funding denies thousands of eligible children access to these programs.
Media Type: PDF - Portable Document Format
Resource Listed: October 26, 2009
Resource Last Updated: June 27, 2012
Language: EN
Categories:
- School Age (K-8): Site Development and Management: Behavioral Issues
- School Age (K-8): Site Development and Management: Safety
- School Age (K-8): School Age Child Development: Moral Development
- Early Childhood: Statistics and Public Policy: Public Policy Issues and Education
- Early Childhood: Child Care Best Practices: School-agers