... bonding to the family. These services are particularly critical in disadvantaged settings with scarce resources and low levels of community support (Mendel, 1995). According to J.D. Hawkins (1995), risks affecting children from conception through age 6 are related to the individual, the family, and the community. Increased exposure or exposure to more risk factors, especially early in childhood ... school activities (including recreation, mentoring, and targeted gang prevention) are most likely to produce the designed rehabilitative results. Youth development programs prevent delinquency....

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