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| | Focus on After-School Time for Violence Prevention. ERIC Digest. |
 | | These are the hours when violent juvenile crime peaks and when youth are most likely to experiment with alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and sex (Snyder and Sickmund, 1999). |
 | | Although many older children care for themselves after school for an hour or two until a parent comes home, research suggests that some of these children are at risk for poor grades and risky behavior (Pettit et al., 1997, p. |
 | | After-school hours are prime times for youth to be victims or perpetrators of juvenile crime and to experiment with health-compromising behaviors such as tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use, and early sexual activity (Snyder and Sickmund, 1999; Fox and Newman, 1997). |
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