School-Based Prevention Strategies for Delinquency

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Schools and Delinquency
There are several strategies used to prevent and address delinquent behavior and drug abuse among students. It is critical to prevent and address these behaviors in students early on since it promotes their growth and resilience (Youth. GOV). The five school-based strategies presented in the text include behavioral, cognitive, therapeutic, affective, and environmental. Behavioral, Cognitive, and Therapeutic strategies will be discussed in the essay.
Behavioral strategies target to address students' behavior and responses to pressure to engage in delinquent behavior. These strategies aim to build positive and healthy relationships among the students that lead to desirable behavior. Cognitive strategies aim to educate the students about delinquent behaviors such as drug abuse and its connection to criminal behavior. They target to build the minds of these students and nourish their understanding of what is expected of them. Therapeutic strategies target students who have already endangered their lives by engaging in delinquent behaviors. These strategies aim to save these students and retur...