Quiz Time!
Indicate whether the imaginary program described is designed to take place BEFORE (Primary prevention) or AFTER (Secondary or Tertiary prevention) violence occurs.
A mentoring program where adults meet with teens who have been incarcerated for violent crimes. The adults meet with the youth in a correctional setting and offer educational and career guidance.
Does this program impact violence before or after it starts?
INCORRECT. (AFTER is correct)
CORRECT!
The youth have been incarcerated for committing violent crimes. The program is trying to prevent conditions that would put the youth at risk for future violence.