Should We Have Faith in the Churches? : Ten-Point Coalition's Effect on Boston's Youth Violence. JCPR Working Paper / Jenny Berrien and Christopher Winship.

This paper describes the role of religious institutions in reducing youth violence in the inner city. The paper focuses on the Ten-Point Coalition, a group of ministers in Boston who have contributed in specific ways to reducing youth violence in that city. It analyzes the effectiveness of the polic...

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Main Authors: Berrien, Jenny
Winship, Christopher (Author)
Corporate Author: Joint Center for Poverty Research
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1999.
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Physical Description:69 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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