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Program Details
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Phase One
- Participants are shown a trauma slide presentation showing the physical injuries resulting from violent crime.
- The slides depict real life victims of felonious assaults and describe the medical procedures that saved their lives as well as the impairment caused by the trauma.
- The audience learns that medicine can save lives but cannot always correct the many impairments caused by the trauma of violent crime.
- The slide show depicts only morbidity, not mortality.
Phase Two
- Victims of violent crimes visit classrooms, community organizations, and diversion programs to describe how violent crime has changed their lives.
- The program facilitator then describes the ripple effect that begins at the crime scene.
Phase Three
- Incarcerated youth, accompanied by a Correctional Officer, visit the schools and describe the time that they have spent in prison.
- The youth speakers are nearing the completion of their sentences and are motivated to share their experiences with the criminal justice system. They describe how they victimized themselves, their families and many others by committing violent crimes.
- They describe what led them into the criminal justice system and encourage the audience to avoid the path of least resistance.
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